Re: [PATCH 2/2] man/man5/core.5: Update compression format for systemd-coredump

LGTM.  Thank you!



On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Patsy, Carlos,
>
> On 2026-05-07T15:05:08-0400, 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]>
> > ---
> >  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).
>
> Thanks!  I've reformatted it, and moved the comment to the commit
> message, where it's less noisy.
>
>         commit XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>         Author: Patsy Griffin <[email protected]>
>         Date:   2026-05-07 15:05:08 -0400
>
>             man/man5/core.5: Update compression format for systemd-coredump
>
>             As of version 246, systemd-coredump defaults to zstd compression
>             for core dumps, rather than lz4.
>
>             systemd.git ef5924aa (2020-05-04; "coredump: add zstandard support for coredumps")
>
>             Signed-off-by: Patsy Griffin <[email protected]>
>             Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>             Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <[email protected]>
>             Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>             [alx: Minor tweaks]
>             Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
>
>         diff --git a/man/man5/core.5 b/man/man5/core.5
>         index 4da5819b..7b02bd5b 100644
>         --- a/man/man5/core.5
>         +++ b/man/man5/core.5
>         @@ -515,9 +515,11 @@ .SS Core dumps and systemd
>          In this case, core dumps will be placed in the location configured for
>          .BR systemd\-coredump (8),
>          typically as
>         -.BR lz4 (1)
>         +.BR zstd (1)
>          compressed files in the directory
>          .IR /var/lib/systemd/coredump/ .
>         +Compression on or off is configurable via
>         +.BR coredump.conf (5).
>          One can list the core dumps that have been recorded by
>          .BR systemd\-coredump (8)
>          using
>
> Carlos, I've kept your Rb tag, as nothing has changed meaningfully.
> Would you all mind confirming this is okay?
>
>
> Have a lovely night!
> Alex
>
> >  One can list the core dumps that have been recorded by
> >  .BR systemd\-coredump (8)
> >  using
> > --
> > 2.51.1
> >
>
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