configuration files installed by vendor packages. All
configuration 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>
+ directories they reside. If multiple files specify the
+ same path, the entry in the file with the alphabetically
+ 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