Re: Setup version in setup.ini

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Max Bowsher wrote:

> Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 12:50:03PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >> Shouldn't setup.ini be updated to reflect the new setup version available?
> >> See <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-04/msg00813.html>.
> >
> > It's supposed to be automatic.  Apparently someone removed the version
> > marker strings in setup.exe that upset relies on for decoding the
> > version.  I think this happens in nearly every setup release.
>
> I suspect the markers are intact, but masked by the upx compression.
> Max.

This is puzzling.  There is an option in upx that disables compression for
resources ("--compress-resouces=0").  Using it does add about 11k to the
size of the executable.  However, even with that option, "strings
setup.exe" doesn't show any of the resources...  Am I understanding the
intent of the option correctly?  If not, what am I missing?
	Igor
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