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<refentry id="binfmt.d">
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>/etc/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/run/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/binfmt.d/*.conf</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>systemd</command> uses
- <filename>/etc/binfmt.d/</filename> to configure
+ files from the above directories to configure
additional binary formats to register during boot in
- the kernel. Each configuration file is named in the
- style of
- <filename>/etc/binfmt.d/<program>.conf</filename>.</para>
-
-
+ the kernel.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
ignored. Note that this means you may not use ; and #
as delimiter in binary format rules.</para>
- <para>Configuration files are loaded in alphabetical
- order. To ensure that a specific rule takes precedence
- over another place it in a file with an alphabetically
- later name.</para>
-
+ <para>Each configuration file is named in the style of
+ <filename><program>.conf</filename>.
+ Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override
+ files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
+ Files in <filename>/run</filename> override files with
+ the same name in <filename>/etc/</filename> and
+ <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages should install their
+ configuration files in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>, files
+ in <filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
+ administration, which possibly decides to override the
+ configurations installed from packages. All files are sorted
+ by filename in alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
+ directories they reside, to ensure that a specific
+ configuration file takes precedence over another file with
+ an alphabetically later name.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>