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diff --git a/man/binfmt.d.xml b/man/binfmt.d.xml index 1cc75da9ac..1f5a51db4a 100644 --- a/man/binfmt.d.xml +++ b/man/binfmt.d.xml @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ <refnamediv> <refname>binfmt.d</refname> - <refpurpose>Configure additional binary formats at boot</refpurpose> + <refpurpose>Configure additional binary formats for + executables at boot</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> @@ -54,10 +55,11 @@ <refsect1> <title>Description</title> - <para><command>systemd</command> uses - files from the above directories to configure - additional binary formats to register during boot in - the kernel.</para> + <para>At boot, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> + reads configuration files from the above directories + to register in the kernel additional binary + formats for executables.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> @@ -73,21 +75,30 @@ ignored. Note that this means you may not use ; and # as delimiter in binary format rules.</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> + <para>Each configuration file shall be 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> + and <filename>/run/</filename>. Files in + <filename>/run/</filename> override files with the + same name in <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 + administrator, who may use this logic to override the + 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> + + <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/binfmt.d/</filename> bearing the + same file name.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> @@ -104,6 +115,8 @@ <title>See Also</title> <para> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-binfmt.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-delta</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wine</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> </para> </refsect1> |