docs/livecd-creator.pod | 5 +++--
tools/livecd-creator | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 3d5b9f402350631e5f697a6b3020ed811b2893f7
Author: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(a)wolff.to>
Date: Sun Jan 23 21:28:28 2011 -0600
Make xz the default compression type for live images.
diff --git a/docs/livecd-creator.pod b/docs/livecd-creator.pod
index 63ea88b..1827728 100644
--- a/docs/livecd-creator.pod
+++ b/docs/livecd-creator.pod
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ Defines the file system label. The default is based on the
configuration name.
=item --compression-type=COMPRESSOR
Specify a compressor recognized by mksquashfs.
-gzip is the default and should work with all kernels.
+xz is the default and works with 2.6.38 and later kernels.
+gzip works 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.
+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 85d74eb..75949c1 100755
--- a/tools/livecd-creator
+++ b/tools/livecd-creator
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ 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,
xz needs a 2.6.38+ kernel, lzo needs a 2.6.36+ kernel, lzma needs custom kernel)",
- default="gzip")
+ help="Compression type recognized by mksquashfs (default xz
needs a 2.6.38+ kernel, gzip works with all kernels, lzo needs a 2.6.36+ kernel, lzma
needs custom kernel)",
+ default="xz")
imgopt.add_option("", "--releasever", type="string",
dest="releasever",
default=None,
help="Value to substitute for $releasever in kickstart repo
urls")
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