rule_generator: fix to install rules in rules.d/

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-udev 175
+udev 176
 ========
-The default configure options have changed, packages need to be adapted
-otherwise udev will be installed in /usr. Example configuration options
-are in INSTALL.
+The 'devtmpfs' filesystem is required now, udev will not create or delete
+device nodes anymore, it only adjusts permissions and ownership of device
+nodes and maintains additional symlinks.
+
+A writable /run directory (ususally tmpfs) is required now for a fully
+functional udev, there is no longer a fallback to /dev/.udev.
 
-The default prefix moved from / to /usr to support installations without
-the historic / vs. /usr split.
+The default 'configure' install locations have changed. Packages for systems
+with the historic / vs. /usr split need to be adapted, otherwise udev will
+be installed in /usr and not work properly. Example configuration options
+to install things the traditional way are in INSTALL.
 
 The default install location of the 'udevadm' tool moved from 'sbin'
-to /usr/bin. Some tools expect udevadm in 'sbin'. A symlink to udevadm
-needs to be manually created if needed.
+to /usr/bin. Some tools expect udevadm in 'sbin', a symlink to udevadm
+needs to be manually created if needed, or --bindir=/sbin be specified.
 
-Kernel modules are now loaded directly by linking udev to 'libkmod'.
-The 'modprobe' tool is no longer executed by udev.
+The expected value of '--libexecdir=' has changed and must no longer contain
+the 'udev' directory.
+
+Kernel modules are now loaded directly by linking udev to 'libkmod'. The
+'modprobe' tool is no longer executed by udev.
 
 The 'blkid' tool is no longer executed from udev rules. Udev links
 directly to libblkid now.
@@ -23,13 +31,15 @@ is no longer used.
 All built-in tools can be listed and tested with 'udevadm test-builtin'.
 
 The 'udevadm control --reload-rules' option has been renamed to '--reload'.
-It reloads the kernel module configuration.
+It now also reloads the kernel module configuration.
 
-The systemd socket files use PassCred=yes, which requires systemd
-version 38.
+The systemd socket files use PassCredentials=yes, which is available in
+systemd version 38.
 
 The udev build system only creates a .xz tarball now.
 
+All tabs in the source code used for indentation are replaced by spaces now. :)
+
 udev 175
 ========
 Bugfixes.