livecd-tools/gzip.patch

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diff --git a/docs/livecd-creator.pod b/docs/livecd-creator.pod
index 880ae19..e80a119 100644
--- a/docs/livecd-creator.pod
+++ b/docs/livecd-creator.pod
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ Defines the file system label. The default is based on the configuration name.
=item --compression-type=COMPRESSOR
-Specify a compressor recognized by mksquashfs. The default is zlib. lzma
-currently requires a custom kernel to produce a functional image. If zlib
+Specify a compressor recognized by mksquashfs. The default is gzip. lzma
+currently requires a custom kernel to produce a functional image. If gzip
is used, the -comp option is not passed to mksquashfs to allow the use of
older versions of mksquashfs.
diff --git a/imgcreate/fs.py b/imgcreate/fs.py
index c5cd18b..554d1b9 100644
--- a/imgcreate/fs.py
+++ b/imgcreate/fs.py
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ def makedirs(dirname):
raise
def mksquashfs(in_img, out_img, compress_type):
-# Allow zlib to work for older versions of mksquashfs
- if compress_type == "zlib":
+# Allow gzip to work for older versions of mksquashfs
+ if compress_type == "gzip":
args = ["/sbin/mksquashfs", in_img, out_img]
else:
args = ["/sbin/mksquashfs", in_img, out_img, "-comp", compress_type]
diff --git a/imgcreate/live.py b/imgcreate/live.py
index 36fef63..f349a1f 100644
--- a/imgcreate/live.py
+++ b/imgcreate/live.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class LiveImageCreatorBase(LoopImageCreator):
"""
LoopImageCreator.__init__(self, *args)
- self.compress_type = "zlib"
+ self.compress_type = "gzip"
"""mksquashfs compressor to use."""
self.skip_compression = False
diff --git a/tools/livecd-creator b/tools/livecd-creator
index 79fc944..d1727c5 100755
--- a/tools/livecd-creator
+++ b/tools/livecd-creator
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ def parse_options(args):
imgopt.add_option("-f", "--fslabel", type="string", dest="fs_label",
help="File system label (default based on config name)")
imgopt.add_option("", "--compression-type", type="string", dest="compress_type",
- help="Compression type recognized by mksquashfs (default zlib, lzma needs custom kernel)",
- default="zlib")
+ help="Compression type recognized by mksquashfs (default gzip, lzma needs custom kernel)",
+ default="gzip")
parser.add_option_group(imgopt)
# options related to the config of your system