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 2/2] man/man5/core.5: Update compression format for systemd-coredump
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 15:05:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260507190508.386186-2-patsy@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260507190508.386186-1-patsy@redhat.com>
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 | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man5/core.5 b/man/man5/core.5
index 4da5819b6..ee34eded3 100644
--- a/man/man5/core.5
+++ b/man/man5/core.5
@@ -515,9 +515,13 @@ 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
+.\" 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-07 19:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-07 19:05 [PATCH 1/2] man/man7/suffixes.7: Add .zst suffix Patsy Griffin
2026-05-07 19:05 ` Patsy Griffin [this message]
2026-05-07 20:59 ` [PATCH 2/2] man/man5/core.5: Update compression format for systemd-coredump Alejandro Colomar
2026-05-07 21:02 ` Carlos O'Donell
2026-05-07 21:28 ` Patsy Griffin
2026-05-07 20:59 ` [PATCH 1/2] man/man7/suffixes.7: Add .zst suffix Alejandro Colomar
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