On Mon, 27.04.15 23:35, Kai Krakow (hurikha...@gmail.com) wrote:
> Hello!
>
> The man page reads:
>
> [MATCH] SECTION OPTIONS
>The network file contains a "[Match]" section, which determines if a
>given network file may be applied to a given device; and a
>"[Network]" section specifying how the device should be configured.
>The first (in lexical order) of the network files that matches a
>given device is applied.
>
> What does this exactly mean? Will it process further files or stop
> processing files after a match?
It stops
>
> Usually, my experience with unix says, that when files are processed in
> lexical order, settings from earlier files are overridden by settings from
> later files - like e.g. in /etc/env.d
>
> In that sense, it can only mean that the processing stops at the first
> matching files. Otherwise the order of overriding would be reversed from
> expectations.
>
> I think this should be made more clear in the man page, like by "The
> processing of files stops at the first match." This would follow example of
> how other projects document behaviour.
I added such a note now.
Thanks,
Lennart
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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat
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