From eb93312810937b63bef884479ffb304452ce5385 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:03:54 -0400
Subject: kernel-install: allow plugins to terminate the procedure (#4174)

Replaces #4103.
---
 man/kernel-install.xml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'man')

diff --git a/man/kernel-install.xml b/man/kernel-install.xml
index d7e27de758..4a8a46cef4 100644
--- a/man/kernel-install.xml
+++ b/man/kernel-install.xml
@@ -72,9 +72,12 @@
     in <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/</filename>. This can be used to override a system-supplied
     executables with a local file if needed; a symbolic link in <filename>/etc/kernel/install.d/</filename>
     with the same name as an executable in <filename>/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/</filename>,
-    pointing to /dev/null, disables the executable entirely. Executables must have the
+    pointing to <filename>/dev/null</filename>, disables the executable entirely. Executables must have the
     extension <literal>.install</literal>; other extensions are ignored.</para>
 
+    <para>An executable should return <constant>0</constant> on success. It may also
+    return <constant>77</constant> to cause the whole operation to terminate
+    (executables later in lexical order will be skipped).</para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>
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