#1235 PR merged: lz4 legacy format (Linux kernel compression)¶

Labels: enhancement, fixed / solved / done, minor bug

ProBackup-nl opened issue at 2017-03-11 00:03:¶

Otherwise the initrd file will not boot the kernel, instead returning a Kernel Panic and

initramfs unpacking failed: junk in compressed archive

lsinitcpio -a was helpful in spotting this issue:

==> ERROR: Newer lz4 stream format detected! This may not boot!

More details at https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/1218#issuecomment-285813885

jsmeix commented at 2017-03-13 09:40:¶

@ProBackup-nl
all you need is to add a comment in the source
that explains why that '-l' option is there, cf.
https://github.com/rear/rear/wiki/Coding-Style
and then I will 'just merge' it.

Many thanks for your valuable contributions to ReaR!
They help a lot to improve ReaR.

jsmeix commented at 2017-03-14 08:37:¶

According to
https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/1236#issuecomment-286077835
I will wait until Thursday and merge it on Thursday
if there are no objections from @gdha

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