- alphabetical order, regardless in which of the
- directories they reside, to guarantee that a
- configuration file takes precedence over another
- configuration file with an alphabetically later
- name.</para>
-
- <para>The configuration format is one line per path
- containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument
- fields:</para>
+ lexicographic order, regardless in which of the
+ directories they reside. If multiple files specify the
+ same path, the entry in the file with the lexicographically
+ earliest name will be applied, all all other conflicting
+ entries logged as errors.</para>
+
+ <para>If the administrator wants to disable a
+ configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
+ recommended way is to place a symlink to
+ <filename>/dev/null</filename> in
+ <filename>/etc/tmpfiles.d/</filename> bearing the
+ same filename.</para>
+
+ <para>The configuration format is one line per path
+ containing action, path, mode, ownership, age and argument
+ fields:</para>