<command>systemd-sysext</command> will use empty ephemeral directories. This means that the
modifications made in the merged hierarchies will be gone when the hierarchies are
unmerged.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><option>ephemeral-import</option>: Force mutable mode like <option>ephemeral</option>
+ above, but instead of ignoring the contents of write routing directories under
+ <filename>/var/lib/extensions.mutable/</filename>, merge them into the host file system, like
+ <option>import</option> does.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
See "Options" below on specifying modes using the <option>--mutable=</option> command line option.</para>
file system being discarded after unmerge.</para>
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>ephemeral-import</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>force mutable mode, with contents of write routing directories in
+ <filename>/var/lib/extensions.mutable/</filename> being merged into the host file system, but
+ with the modifications made to the host file system being discarded after unmerge.</para>
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/></listitem>