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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-08-11 16:41:05 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-08-11 16:41:05 +0200
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man: document that we look for both the instance's and the template's .d/ directory when looking for unit file drop-ins.
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settings to a unit, without having to modify their
unit files. Make sure that the file that is included
has the appropriate section headers before any
- directive.</para>
+ directive. Note that for instanced units this logic
+ will first look for the instance
+ <literal>.d/</literal> subdirectory and read its
+ <literal>.conf</literal> files, followed by the
+ template <literal>.d/</literal> subdirectory and reads
+ its <literal>.conf</literal> files.</para>
<para>Note that while systemd offers a flexible
dependency system between units it is recommended to