diff --git a/man/standard-conf.xml b/man/standard-conf.xml index 2f56c95fbb4..c3cebdac5f9 100644 --- a/man/standard-conf.xml +++ b/man/standard-conf.xml @@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ packages) or /usr/local/lib/ (local installs). Files in /etc/ are reserved for the local administrator, who may use this logic to override the configuration files installed by vendor packages. It is recommended to prefix all filenames with a two-digit number and a - dash, to simplify the ordering of the files. + dash, to simplify the ordering of the files. It is recommended to use the range 10-40 for configuration + files in /usr/ and the range 60-90 for configuration files in + /etc/ and /run/, to make sure that local and transient + configuration files will always take priority over configuration files shipped by the OS vendor. If the administrator wants to disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the recommended way is to place a symlink to /dev/null in the configuration directory in @@ -68,9 +71,12 @@ who may use this logic to override the configuration files installed by vendor packages. Drop-ins have to be used to override package drop-ins, since the main configuration file has lower precedence. It is recommended to prefix all filenames in those subdirectories with a two-digit number and a dash, to - simplify the ordering of the files. This also defined a concept of drop-in priority to allow - distributions to ship drop-ins within a specific range lower than the range used by users. This should - lower the risk of package drop-ins overriding accidentally drop-ins defined by users. + simplify the ordering of the files. This also defines a concept of drop-in priorities to allow + OS vendors to ship drop-ins within a specific range lower than the range used by users. This should + lower the risk of package drop-ins overriding accidentally drop-ins defined by users. It is recommended + to use the range 10-40 for drop-ins in /usr/ and the range 60-90 for drop-ins in + /etc/ and /run/, to make sure that local and transient drop-ins + take priority over drop-ins shipped by the OS vendor. To disable a configuration file supplied by the vendor, the recommended way is to place a symlink to /dev/null in the configuration directory in /etc/, with the