Re: [PATCH] man/man5/core.5: Update compression format for systemd-coredump

Hi Patsy, Carlos,

On 2026-05-01T15:08:21-0400, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> On 5/1/26 3:06 PM, Patsy Griffin wrote:
> > As of version 246, systemd-coredump defaults to zstd compression
> > for core dumps, rather than lz4.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Patsy Griffin <[email protected]>
> 
> LGTM.
> 
> I thought coredump.conf allowed you to specify which compression format,
> but I was wrong, you can only turn it on or off. This looks correct and on
> my system all my coredumps are *.zst today. Best to update this to match
> latest deployments.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <[email protected]>

Thanks!

> 
> > ---
> >   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"

I think this should be added to suffixes(7).

Also, I doubt the suffix should be documented here.  Is it an
uncommon suffix for zstd(1)-compressed files?  If it's the/a common
suffix, it should be enough to document it in suffixes(7) and say it's
zstd(1) here.


Have a lovely night!
Alex

> > +.\" 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
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Carlos.
> 

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