man: elaborate on the order by which tmpfiles operations are executed

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Lennart Poettering 2015-04-22 18:24:47 +02:00
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the lexicographically earliest name will be applied. All other
conflicting entries will be logged as errors. When two lines are
prefix and suffix of each other, then the prefix is always
processed first, the suffix later. Otherwise, the
files/directories are processed in the order they are
listed.</para>
processed first, the suffix later. Lines that take globs are
applied after those accepting no globs. If multiple operations
shall be applied on the same file (such as ACL, xattr, file
attribute adjustments) these are always done in the same fixed
order. Otherwise, the files/directories are processed in the order
they are listed.</para>
<para>If the administrator wants to disable a configuration file
supplied by the vendor, the recommended way is to place a symlink