X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fbinfmt.d.xml;h=94f97e0ed4b36563dfb30358261279ddddea7181;hp=8c5083cafb515e2058715cd915f0e964991890e3;hb=86198b2788e56fd05959c2dce670d1646bf99bcd;hpb=56ba3c78ae35065064c4289a0c8e22a81256af20 diff --git a/man/binfmt.d.xml b/man/binfmt.d.xml index 8c5083caf..94f97e0ed 100644 --- a/man/binfmt.d.xml +++ b/man/binfmt.d.xml @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Each file contains a list of binfmt_misc kernel binary format rules. Consult binfmt_misc.txt + url="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt">binfmt_misc.txt for more information on registration of additional binary formats and how to write rules. @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ as delimiter in binary format rules. Each configuration file shall be named in the - style of <program>.conf. + style of program.conf. Files in /etc/ override files with the same name in /usr/lib/ and /run/. Files in @@ -88,17 +88,17 @@ 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. + lexicographic order, regardless in which of the + directories they reside. If multiple files specify + the same binary type name, the entry in the file with + the lexicographically latest name will be applied. 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/binfmt.d/ bearing the - same file name. + same filename.