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-rw-r--r--man/binfmt.d.xml26
-rw-r--r--man/modules-load.d.xml17
-rw-r--r--man/sysctl.d.xml15
3 files changed, 48 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/man/binfmt.d.xml b/man/binfmt.d.xml
index 64c27554e6..5a8803f661 100644
--- a/man/binfmt.d.xml
+++ b/man/binfmt.d.xml
@@ -46,20 +46,20 @@
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
<para><filename>/etc/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/run/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>systemd</command> uses
- <filename>/etc/binfmt.d/</filename> to configure
+ files from the above directories to configure
additional binary formats to register during boot in
the kernel. Each configuration file is named in the
style of
- <filename>/etc/binfmt.d/&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.</para>
-
-
+ <filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -75,11 +75,19 @@
ignored. Note that this means you may not use ; and #
as delimiter in binary format rules.</para>
- <para>Configuration files are loaded in alphabetical
- order. To ensure that a specific rule takes precedence
- over another place it in a file with an alphabetically
- later name.</para>
-
+ <para>Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> overwrite
+ files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
+ Files in <filename>/run</filename> overwrite 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 <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
+ administration, which possibly decides to overwrite the
+ configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted
+ by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
+ directories they reside, to ensure that a specific
+ configuration file takes precedence over another file with
+ an alphabetically later name.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
diff --git a/man/modules-load.d.xml b/man/modules-load.d.xml
index 34076916da..b2f15dc7b6 100644
--- a/man/modules-load.d.xml
+++ b/man/modules-load.d.xml
@@ -46,14 +46,16 @@
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/modules-load.d/*.conf</filename></para>
<para><filename>/etc/modules-load.d/*.conf</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/run/modules-load.d/*.conf</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>systemd</command> uses
- <filename>/etc/modules-load.d/</filename> to configure
+ files from the above directories to configure
kernel modules to load during boot in a static list.
Each configuration file is named in the style of
<filename>/etc/modules-load.d/&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>. Note
@@ -72,6 +74,19 @@
newlines. Empty lines and lines whose first
non-whitespace character is # or ; are ignored.</para>
+ <para>Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> overwrite
+ files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
+ Files in <filename>/run</filename> overwrite 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 <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
+ administration, which possibly decides to overwrite the
+ configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted
+ by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
+ directories they reside, to ensure that a specific
+ configuration file takes precedence over another file with
+ an alphabetically later name.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
diff --git a/man/sysctl.d.xml b/man/sysctl.d.xml
index 8f336dc0dd..51afbfa77a 100644
--- a/man/sysctl.d.xml
+++ b/man/sysctl.d.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf</filename></para>
<para><filename>/etc/sysctl.d/*.conf</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/run/sysctl.d/*.conf</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
@@ -71,6 +73,19 @@
<para>Note that both / and . are accepted as
separators in sysctl variable names.</para>
+ <para>Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> overwrite
+ files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
+ Files in <filename>/run</filename> overwrite 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 <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
+ administration, which possibly decides to overwrite the
+ configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted
+ by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
+ directories they reside, to ensure that a specific
+ configuration file takes precedence over another file with
+ an alphabetically later name.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>