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authorGiancarlo Razzolini <grazzolini@archlinux.org>2021-02-17 03:37:31 +0100
committerGiancarlo Razzolini <grazzolini@archlinux.org>2021-02-17 03:37:31 +0100
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*COMPRESSION*::
- Defines a program to filter the generated image through. As of linux 2.6.38,
- the kernel understands the compression formats yielded by the *gzip*, *bzip2*,
- *lz4*, *lzop*, *lzma*, and *xz* compressors. As of linux 5.9 the kernel also
- understands the compression formats yielded by the *zstd* compressor.
- If unspecified, this setting defaults to *gzip* compression.
- In order to create an uncompressed image, define
- this variable as *cat*.
+ Defines a program to filter the generated image through. The kernel
+ understands the compression formats yielded by the *zstd*, *gzip*, *bzip2*,
+ *lz4*, *lzop*, *lzma*, and *xz* compressors. If unspecified, this setting
+ defaults to *zstd* compression. In order to create an uncompressed image,
+ define this variable as *cat*.
+
It's not hard to realize that a filter such as a *tac* or *rev* will cause
*mkinitcpio* to report success but generate a useless image. Similarly, using a