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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-06-11 01:37:35 +0200
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2014-06-11 01:37:35 +0200
commit1910cd0e05f7661986680e0a4472f4e857f90787 (patch)
tree16473328c50e5376e365e948c20e3d795284153c /man/tmpfiles.d.xml
parent7bc040fab802ff20eacd1745e393f1766c8c35d9 (diff)
tmpfiles: when processing lines, always process prefixes before suffixes
If two lines refer to paths that are suffix and prefix of each other, then always process the prefix first, the suffix second. In all other cases strictly process rules in the order they appear in the files. This makes creating /var/run as symlink to /run a lot more fun, since it is automatically created first.
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of the directories they reside in. If multiple files
specify the same path, the entry in the file with the
lexicographically earliest name will be applied, all
- all other conflicting entries logged as errors.</para>
+ all other conflicting entries will be logged as
+ errors. When two lines are prefix and suffix of each
+ other, then the prefix is always processed first, the
+ suffix later. Otherwise the files/directories are
+ processed in the order they are listed.</para>
<para>If the administrator wants to disable a
configuration file supplied by the vendor, the