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From: Patsy Griffin <patsy@redhat.com>
To: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org, Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>,
	Patsy Griffin <patsy@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] man/man5/core.5: Update compression format for systemd-coredump
Date: Fri,  1 May 2026 15:06:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260501190609.3604026-1-patsy@redhat.com> (raw)

As of version 246, systemd-coredump defaults to zstd compression
for core dumps, rather than lz4.

Signed-off-by: Patsy Griffin <patsy@redhat.com>
---
 man/man5/core.5 | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/man5/core.5 b/man/man5/core.5
index 4da5819b6..83c49d42d 100644
--- a/man/man5/core.5
+++ b/man/man5/core.5
@@ -515,9 +515,14 @@ program:
 In this case, core dumps will be placed in the location configured for
 .BR systemd\-coredump (8),
 typically as
-.BR lz4 (1)
-compressed files in the directory
+.BR zstd (1)
+compressed files
+ending in ".zst"
+.\" Since Systemd 246:
+.\" commit ef5924aa313d1892bb491c870ba3c429454dfc76
+in the directory
 .IR /var/lib/systemd/coredump/ .
+Compression on or off is configurable via coredump.conf(5).
 One can list the core dumps that have been recorded by
 .BR systemd\-coredump (8)
 using
-- 
2.51.1


             reply	other threads:[~2026-05-01 19:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-01 19:06 Patsy Griffin [this message]
2026-05-01 19:08 ` [PATCH] man/man5/core.5: Update compression format for systemd-coredump Carlos O'Donell
2026-05-03 21:19   ` Alejandro Colomar

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