From 3c5f883f49fc5db75bfdd1eaaff6362629d7367b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitchell Hashimoto Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 21:28:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] website: nitpick compaction docs --- website/source/docs/builders/vmware.html.markdown | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/vmware.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/builders/vmware.html.markdown index 461f8f06b..e16e6918d 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/vmware.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/vmware.html.markdown @@ -106,10 +106,11 @@ Optional: By default this is "output-BUILDNAME" where "BUILDNAME" is the name of the build. -* `skip_compaction` (bool) - As of Packer 0.1.4, VMware-created disks are defragmented - and compacted at the end of the build process. If you are doing your own zeroing out - of the disks you may find that the compaction step results in slightly larger boxes. - Compaction will run unless you set this value to true. +* `skip_compaction` (bool) - VMware-created disks are defragmented + and compacted at the end of the build process using `vmware-vdiskmanager`. + In certain rare cases, this might actually end up making the resulting disks + slightly larger. If you find this to be the case, you can disable compaction + using this configuration value. * `shutdown_command` (string) - The command to use to gracefully shut down the machine once all the provisioning is done. By default this is an empty