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-rw-r--r--man/tmpfiles.d.xml14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 81457c45e0..f2360ba9a4 100644
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,12 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null</programlisting>
device node is to be created,
it will be removed and be
replaced by the device
- node.</para></listitem>
+ node. It is recommended to suffix this
+ entry with an exclamation mark to only
+ create static device nodes at boot,
+ as udev will not manage static device
+ nodes that are created at runtime.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -224,7 +229,12 @@ L /tmp/foobar - - - - /dev/null</programlisting>
device node is to be created,
it will be removed and be
replaced by the device
- node.</para></listitem>
+ node. It is recommended to suffix this
+ entry with an exclamation mark to only
+ create static device nodes at boot,
+ as udev will not manage static device
+ nodes that are created at runtime.
+ </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>