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diff --git a/man/sysctl.d.xml b/man/sysctl.d.xml
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+++ b/man/sysctl.d.xml
@@ -89,18 +89,20 @@
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 specific
- configuration file takes precedence over another file
- with an alphabetically later name, if both files
- contain the same variable setting.
+ lexicographic order, regardless in which of the
+ directories they reside. If multiple files specify the
+ same variable name, the entry in the file with the
+ lexicographically latest name will be applied. It is
+ recommended to prefix all filenames with a two-digit
+ number and a dash, to simplify the ordering of the
+ files.
If the administrator wants to disable a
- configuration file supplied by the vendor the
+ configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
recommended way is to place a symlink to
/dev/null in
/etc/sysctl.d/ bearing the
- same file name.
+ same filename.