diff -ur procps-3.2.5/sysctl.c procps-3.2.5-patched/sysctl.c
--- procps-3.2.5/sysctl.c	2005-01-05 15:00:47.000000000 -0600
+++ procps-3.2.5-patched/sysctl.c	2006-12-04 19:51:36.272843000 -0600
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
       return 0;
    } /* end if */
 
-   equals = index(setting, '=');
+   equals = strchr(setting, '=');
  
    if (!equals) {
       fprintf(stderr, ERR_NO_EQUALS, setting);
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@
          if (NameOnly && Quiet)   // nonsense
             return Usage(me);
          SwitchesAllowed = false;
-         if (WriteMode || index(*argv, '='))
+         if (WriteMode || strchr(*argv, '='))
             ReturnCode = WriteSetting(*argv);
          else
             ReturnCode = ReadSetting(*argv);