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authorBert Schulze <spambemyguest@googlemail.com>2010-04-04 17:43:48 +0200
committermaximilian attems <maks@debian.org>2010-04-04 18:02:02 +0200
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mkinitramfs: -c compression support / commandline override
fixed the commandline argument to select the compressor. also your test with "command" needed to be negated otherwise the fallback to gzip would take place everytime. -- frohe ostern Bert Schulze [ nuked trailing whitespace, and add comment for usage() ] Signed-off-by: maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>
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@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ mkinitramfs \- low-level tool for generating an initramfs image
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkinitramfs
+.RB [ \-c
+.IR compress ]
.RB [ \-d
.IR confdir ]
.RB [ \-k ]
@@ -45,6 +47,13 @@ happens in this early userspace.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
+\fB \-c \fI compress
+Override the
+.B COMPRESS
+setting in
+.IR initramfs.conf .
+
+.TP
\fB \-d \fI confdir
Set an alternate configuration directory.