man: fix description of file order application

diff --git a/man/binfmt.d.xml b/man/binfmt.d.xml
index f4f4195b04b8f8fd900cfa0dafaeafbbe4151198..165a8a97b130d7bf3f4a6a6d402de7bc2e3488e4 100644 (file)
--- a/man/binfmt.d.xml
+++ b/man/binfmt.d.xml
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@
                 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.</para>
+                directories they reside. If multiple files specify
+                the same binary type name, the entry in the file with
+                the alphabetically latest name will be applied.</para>
 
                 <para>If the administrator wants to disable a
                 configuration file supplied by the vendor, the

diff --git a/man/sysctl.d.xml b/man/sysctl.d.xml
index ce5c34f9a209b2c3fee013d3a067dce2b4100cfc..155427cecf03d09b5a61ab97fe5bb3888e1926d5 100644 (file)
--- a/man/sysctl.d.xml
+++ b/man/sysctl.d.xml
@@ -90,10 +90,12 @@
                 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 earlier name, if both files
-                contain the same variable setting.</para>
+                directories they reside. If multiple files specify the
+                same variable name, the entry in the file with the
+                alphabetically latest name will be applied. It is
+                recommended to prefix all filenames with a two-digit
+                number and a dash, to simplify the ordering of the
+                files.</para>
 
                 <para>If the administrator wants to disable a
                 configuration file supplied by the vendor, the

diff --git a/man/systemd.preset.xml b/man/systemd.preset.xml
index 1ba9272398e33c1f0fdf5b0d7a6d9c756efa1115..8af7d4058db43fd182a913a1f1561edc4c628130 100644 (file)
--- a/man/systemd.preset.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.preset.xml
@@ -127,12 +127,11 @@
                 preset files installed by vendor packages. All preset
                 files are sorted by their filename in alphabetical
                 order, regardless in which of the directories they
-                reside, to guarantee that a specific preset file takes
-                precedence over another file with an alphabetically
-                earlier name, if both files contain lines that apply
-                to the same unit names. It is recommended to prefix
-                all filenames with two-digit number, to simplify
-                ordering.</para>
+                reside. If multiple files specify the same unit name,
+                the entry in the file with the alphabetically earliest
+                name will be applied. It is recommended to prefix all
+                filenames with a two-digit number and a dash, to simplify
+                the ordering of the files.</para>
 
                 <para>If the administrator wants to disable a preset
                 file supplied by the vendor, the recommended way is to

diff --git a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
index 58ac995a18a0afda8d54bf263eb0aa299a06dab4..2872cc0add463e4d484e40a4c4e355bff68eda21 100644 (file)
--- a/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
+++ b/man/tmpfiles.d.xml
@@ -80,9 +80,10 @@
                 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