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man: updates to the passive target section
[elogind.git] / man / binfmt.d.xml
index 1f5a51db4adbe45bfef49ccb64c5611059b3d125..6f8668b478196abe109525da0cba81785608df56 100644 (file)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
-<refentry id="binfmt.d">
+<refentry id="binfmt.d" conditional='ENABLE_BINFMT'>
 
         <refentryinfo>
                 <title>binfmt.d</title>
         <refsect1>
                 <title>Description</title>
 
-               <para>At boot,
-               <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-               reads configuration files from the above directories
-               to register in the kernel additional binary
-               formats for executables.</para>
+                <para>At boot,
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                reads configuration files from the above directories
+                to register in the kernel additional binary
+                formats for executables.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>
-               <title>Configuration Format</title>
+                <title>Configuration Format</title>
 
                 <para>Each file contains a list of binfmt_misc kernel
                 binary format rules. Consult <ulink
-                url="http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt">binfmt_misc.txt</ulink>
+                url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt">binfmt_misc.txt</ulink>
                 for more information on registration of additional
                 binary formats and how to write rules.</para>
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
                 as delimiter in binary format rules.</para>
 
                 <para>Each configuration file shall be named in the
-                style of <filename>&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.
+                style of <filename><replaceable>program</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
                 Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override files
                 with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>
                 and <filename>/run/</filename>. Files in
                 administrator, who may use this logic to override the
                 configuration files installed from vendor
                 packages. All 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.</para>
+                lexicographic order, regardless of which of the
+                directories they reside in. If multiple files specify
+                the same binary type name, the entry in the file with
+                the lexicographically latest name will be applied.</para>
 
                 <para>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
                 <filename>/dev/null</filename> in
                 <filename>/etc/binfmt.d/</filename> bearing the
-                same file name.</para>
+                same filename.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
         <refsect1>