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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml index 5d4b2ac6d4..8987c48073 100644 --- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml +++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml @@ -66,24 +66,30 @@ <refsect1> <title>Configuration Format</title> - <para>Each configuration file is named in the style of - <filename><program>.conf</filename>. Files in - <filename>/etc/</filename> override files with the - same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Files in - <filename>/run</filename> override files with the same - name in <filename>/etc/</filename> and - <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages should - install their configuration files in - <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files in + <para>Each configuration file shall be named in the + style of <filename><program>.conf</filename>. + Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override files + with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename> + and <filename>/run/</filename>. Files in + <filename>/run/</filename> override files with the same + name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages + should install their configuration files in + <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local - administrator, who may choose to override the - configurations installed from packages. The list of + administrator, who may use this logic to override the + configuration files installed by vendor packages. All configuration files are sorted by their filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the - directories they reside, to guarantee that a - configuration file takes precedence over another - configuration file with an alphabetically later - name.</para> + directories they reside, to guarantee that a specific + configuration file takes precedence over another file + with an alphabetically later name</para> + + <para>If the administrator wants to disable a + configuration file supplied by the vendor the + recommended way is to place a symlink to + <filename>/dev/null</filename> in + <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/</filename> bearing the + same file name.</para> <para>The configuration format is one line per path containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument |