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authorLuca Stefani <luca.stefani.ge1@gmail.com>2020-07-26 12:33:33 +0200
committerLuca Stefani <luca.stefani.ge1@gmail.com>2020-08-14 15:54:10 +0200
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mkinitcpio: Add support for the zstd compressor
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diff --git a/man/mkinitcpio.conf.5.txt b/man/mkinitcpio.conf.5.txt
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--- a/man/mkinitcpio.conf.5.txt
+++ b/man/mkinitcpio.conf.5.txt
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ Variables
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. If unspecified, this setting
- defaults to *gzip* compression. In order to create an uncompressed image, define
+ *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*.
+
It's not hard to realize that a filter such as a *tac* or *rev* will cause