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diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml index 1e761e9b05..b9e9eee96c 100644 --- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml +++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml @@ -121,16 +121,19 @@ A+ /path-or-glob/to/append/acls/recursively - - - - POSIX <filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d</filename> and <filename>/run/tmpfiles.d</filename>. Files in <filename>/run/tmpfiles.d</filename> override files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d</filename>. Packages should install their configuration files in - <filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d</filename>. Files in <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d</filename> are reserved for the local - administrator, who may use this logic to override the configuration files installed by vendor packages. All - configuration files are sorted by their filename in lexicographic order, regardless of which 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 other conflicting entries will be logged as errors. When two lines are prefix path and - suffix path of each other, then the prefix line is always created first, the suffix later (and if removal applies - to the line, the order is reversed: the suffix is removed first, the prefix later). Lines that take globs are - applied after those accepting no globs. If multiple operations shall be applied on the same file (such as ACL, - xattr, file attribute adjustments), these are always done in the same fixed order. Except for those cases, the - files/directories are processed in the order they are listed.</para> + <filename>/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d</filename>. Files in <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d</filename> are reserved for + the local administrator, who may use this logic to override the configuration files installed by vendor + packages. All configuration files are sorted by their filename in lexicographic order, regardless of + which 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 (note that lines suppressed due to the + <literal>!</literal> are filtered before application, meaning that if an early line carries the + exclamation mark and is suppressed because of that, a later line matching in path will be applied). All + other conflicting entries will be logged as errors. When two lines are prefix path and suffix path of + each other, then the prefix line is always created first, the suffix later (and if removal applies to the + line, the order is reversed: the suffix is removed first, the prefix later). Lines that take globs are + applied after those accepting no globs. If multiple operations shall be applied on the same file (such as + ACL, xattr, file attribute adjustments), these are always done in the same fixed order. Except for those + cases, 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 recommended way is to place a symlink |