kern/59083: setting net.inet6.ip6.forwarding=1 in /etc/sysctl.conf does not get applied on reboot

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>Number:         59083
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       setting net.inet6.ip6.forwarding=1 in /etc/sysctl.conf does not get applied on reboot
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Feb 17 18:50:00 +0000 2025
>Originator:     Peter Miller
>Release:        HEAD
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD vider 10.99.12 NetBSD 10.99.12 (GENERIC) #0: Sun Feb 16 18:54:49 UTC 2025  mkrepro%mkrepro.NetBSD.org@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64
>Description:
setting ip6 forwarding in /etc/sysctl.conf does not work

add to /etc/sysctl.conf
net.inet6.ip6.forwarding=1

reboot

sysctl -a | fgrep ip6.forwarding
net.inet6.ip6.forwarding = 0


>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
manually set the sysctl

sysctl -w net.inet6.ip6.forwarding=1