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| -rw-r--r-- | PKGBUILD | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/mkinitcpio.conf.5.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | mkinitcpio | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mkinitcpio.conf | 4 |
4 files changed, 11 insertions, 13 deletions
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ groups=('base') conflicts=('mkinitcpio') provides=("mkinitcpio=$pkgver" "initramfs") depends=('mkinitcpio-busybox>=1.19.4-2' 'kmod' 'util-linux>=2.23' 'libarchive' 'coreutils' - 'awk' 'bash' 'findutils' 'grep' 'filesystem>=2011.10-1' 'systemd' 'gzip') + 'awk' 'bash' 'findutils' 'grep' 'filesystem>=2011.10-1' 'systemd' 'zstd') makedepends=('asciidoc' 'git' 'sed') -optdepends=('xz: Use lzma or xz compression for the initramfs image' +optdepends=('gzip: Use gzip compression for the initramfs image' + 'xz: Use lzma or xz compression for the initramfs image' 'bzip2: Use bzip2 compression for the initramfs image' 'lzop: Use lzo compression for the initramfs image' 'lz4: Use lz4 compression for the initramfs image' - 'zstd: Use zstd compression for the initramfs image' 'mkinitcpio-nfs-utils: Support for root filesystem on NFS') backup=(etc/mkinitcpio.conf) diff --git a/man/mkinitcpio.conf.5.txt b/man/mkinitcpio.conf.5.txt index d804304..0383360 100644 --- a/man/mkinitcpio.conf.5.txt +++ b/man/mkinitcpio.conf.5.txt @@ -52,13 +52,11 @@ Variables *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 @@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ if [[ $_optgenimg ]]; then die 'Unable to write to %s' "$_optgenimg" fi - _optcompress=${_optcompress:-${COMPRESSION:-gzip}} + _optcompress=${_optcompress:-${COMPRESSION:-zstd}} if ! type -P "$_optcompress" >/dev/null; then warning "Unable to locate compression method: %s" "$_optcompress" _optcompress=cat diff --git a/mkinitcpio.conf b/mkinitcpio.conf index ba1cce3..3494fab 100644 --- a/mkinitcpio.conf +++ b/mkinitcpio.conf @@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ FILES=() HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block filesystems keyboard fsck) # COMPRESSION -# Use this to compress the initramfs image. By default, gzip compression +# Use this to compress the initramfs image. By default, zstd compression # is used. Use 'cat' to create an uncompressed image. +#COMPRESSION="zstd" #COMPRESSION="gzip" #COMPRESSION="bzip2" #COMPRESSION="lzma" #COMPRESSION="xz" #COMPRESSION="lzop" #COMPRESSION="lz4" -#COMPRESSION="zstd" # COMPRESSION_OPTIONS # Additional options for the compressor |