[arch-general] mkinitcpio compression

[Auguste Pop]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Dimitrios Apostolou <jimis at gmx.net> wrote:
> --- /sbin/mkinitcpio.orig       2010-10-06 03:23:00.966415649 +0300
> +++ /sbin/mkinitcpio    2011-02-26 19:11:36.309682053 +0200
> @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
>  status=0
>  if [ -n "${GENIMG}" ]; then
>     echo -n ":: Generating image '${GENIMG}'..."
> -    if ! /sbin/gen_init_cpio ${FILELIST} | ${COMPRESSION} -9 > "${GENIMG}";
> then
> +    if ! /sbin/gen_init_cpio ${FILELIST} | ${COMPRESSION} > "${GENIMG}";
> then
>         echo "FAILED"
>         status=1
>     else

i think making it something like ${COMPRESSIONLEVEL:--9} is more appropriate.