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Vivien Kraus
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Clarify the /etc/udev/hwdb.d file override with respect to UDEV_HWDB_PATH
Overriding a file in /etc/udev/hwdb.d also hides the files with that name in UDEV_HWDB_PATH.
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man/udev.xml

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take precedence over files with the same name and lower priority.
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This order can be used to override a system-supplied hwdb file with a
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local file if needed; a symlink in <filename>/etc</filename> with the
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same name as a hwdb file in <filename>/usr/lib</filename>, pointing to
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same name as a hwdb file in <filename>/usr/lib</filename> or
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<envar>UDEV_HWDB_PATH</envar>, pointing to
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<filename>/dev/null</filename>, disables the hwdb file entirely. hwdb
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files must have the extension <filename>.hwdb</filename>; other
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extensions are ignored.</para>

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