On Fri 09 Jun 2023 at 09:41:23 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On 6/9/23 06:51, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 09 Jun 2023 at 06:20:07 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > > > On 6/9/23 00:46, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jun 08, 2023 at 09:08:59PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > Perhaps I've ben mistaken, but the files in /etc/udev/rules.d are not > > > > > the > > > > > same as /lib/udev/rules.d, so which one actually rules? > > > > > > > > The one in /etc, as David said. Unless it doesn't exist. > > > > > > > > This is actually the classical pattern of "layered configuration", which > > > > is widespread in the UNIX world. You see that often with a system config > > > > which can be overridden by a user config. > > > > > > > > Sometimes you have even three layers: distro (e.g. lib), local (etc) and > > > > user. > > > > > > Thanks for the clarification Tomas. That would intimate the search > > > order would be /home/$usr/someplace, /etc/someplace, /lib/someplace. > > > Is that correct? > > > > Not only did I give the priority for the task you're tackling > > (which BTW would not concern an individual user's directory tree), > > I also gave you the reference: man udev. > > > > What is your problem?? > > > man udev is as opaque as you can make what looks like plain English.
I find it hard to believe that the exams you're always talking about having passed are any easier than understanding: "All rules files are collectively sorted and processed in lexical order, regardless of the directories in which they live. However, files with identical filenames replace each other. Files in /etc/ have the highest priority, files in /run/ take precedence over files with the same name under /usr/. This can be used to override a system-supplied rules file with a local file if needed" But paraphrasing myself, not only did I give you the reference, I also gave you the priority for the task you're tackling: "Files under /etc/ take priority over those under /usr/lib/ when their filenames are the same." Cheers, David.
