[Fedora-livecd-list] xz doc patch posted for review

[Bruno Wolff III]

The proposed documentation patch is attached.

There will be another revision when (and if) the default changes. But this
is the fall back for xz being available, even if we decide not to use it
by default for spin creation.
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diff --git a/docs/livecd-creator.pod b/docs/livecd-creator.pod
index dd70fb9..63ea88b 100644
--- a/docs/livecd-creator.pod
+++ b/docs/livecd-creator.pod
@@ -42,10 +42,11 @@ Defines the file system label. The default is based on the configuration name.
 
 =item --compression-type=COMPRESSOR
 
-Specify a compressor recognized by mksquashfs. The default is gzip. lzma
-currently requires a custom kernel to produce a functional image. lzo works with 2.6.36+ kernels, but will generally take up more space than using gzip. If gzip
-is used, the -comp option is not passed to mksquashfs to allow the use of
-older versions of mksquashfs.
+Specify a compressor recognized by mksquashfs.
+gzip is the default and should work with all kernels.
+lzo works with 2.6.36 and later kernels.
+xz works with 2.6.38 and later kernels. lzma will only work with custom kernels.
+If gzip is used, the -comp option is not passed to mksquashfs to allow the use of older versions of mksquashfs.
 
 =item --releasever=VER
 
diff --git a/tools/livecd-creator b/tools/livecd-creator
index 18c50cd..85d74eb 100755
--- a/tools/livecd-creator
+++ b/tools/livecd-creator
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def parse_options(args):
     imgopt.add_option("", "--image-type", type="string", dest="image_type",
                       help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
     imgopt.add_option("", "--compression-type", type="string", dest="compress_type",
-                      help="Compression type recognized by mksquashfs (default gzip, lzma needs custom kernel, lzo needs a 2.6.36+ kernel)",
+                      help="Compression type recognized by mksquashfs (default gzip, xz needs a 2.6.38+ kernel, lzo needs a 2.6.36+ kernel, lzma needs custom kernel)",
                       default="gzip")
     imgopt.add_option("", "--releasever", type="string", dest="releasever",
                       default=None,