man: Factor out a common snippet for .d directories and precedence
Several manpages contain duplicate text describing a standard set of .d configuration directories, with the usual sorting, precedence, overrides, and so on. Factor this common text out using XInclude before proliferating it even further.
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Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
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@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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-->
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<refentry id="sysctl.d">
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<refentry id="sysctl.d"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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<refentryinfo>
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<title>sysctl.d</title>
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@@ -70,27 +71,6 @@
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is <literal>#</literal> or <literal>;</literal> are
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ignored.</para>
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<para>Each configuration file shall be named in the
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style of <filename><replaceable>program</replaceable>.conf</filename>.
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Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> override files
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with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>
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and <filename>/run/</filename>. Files in
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<filename>/run/</filename> override files with the same
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name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Packages
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should install their configuration files in
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<filename>/usr/lib/</filename>. Files in
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<filename>/etc/</filename> are reserved for the local
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administrator, who may use this logic to override the
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configuration files installed by vendor packages. All
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configuration files are sorted by their filename in
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lexicographic order, regardless of which of the
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directories they reside in. If multiple files specify the
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same variable name, the entry in the file with the
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lexicographically latest name will be applied. It is
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recommended to prefix all filenames with a two-digit
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number and a dash, to simplify the ordering of the
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files.</para>
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<para>Note that either <literal>/</literal> or
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<literal>.</literal> may be used as separators within
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sysctl variable names. If the first separator is a
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@@ -109,13 +89,6 @@
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<filename>/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/enp3s0.200/forwarding</filename>.
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</para>
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<para>If the administrator wants to disable a
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configuration file supplied by the vendor, the
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recommended way is to place a symlink to
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<filename>/dev/null</filename> in
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<filename>/etc/sysctl.d/</filename> bearing the
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same filename.</para>
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<para>The settings configured with
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<filename>sysctl.d</filename> files will be applied
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early on boot. The network interface-specific options
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@@ -142,6 +115,8 @@
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example below).</para>
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</refsect1>
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<xi:include href="standard-conf.xml" xpointer="confd" />
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<refsect1>
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<title>Examples</title>
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<example>
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