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Re: upx executable compressor updated to v1.20


Am 10 Jul 2001, um 20:32 hat Gerrit P. Haase geschrieben:

Some corrections:

> I have updated upx to the latest version.
1.20 is latest today.
> 
> From the docs:
> 'Programs and libraries compressed by UPX are completely self-contained
> and run exactly as before, with no runtime or memory penalty for most
> of the supported formats.'
> (NOTE: cygwin/win32 is supported)

> I have compressed my complete /bin directory and save about 40% space now!
                  ^^only my *.exe files, but it works with .dll's, too
> (That are now 20MB now and were 36MB before, e.g gdb.exe has now 679kb and
   There are left 20MB now and it was 36MB...  
>  it still works as before, how much kb is yours?)
[...]
> 
> Read the README to build it for yourself, or fetch a copy of the binary at:
>     http://familiehaase.de/cygwin.html
> See you there:-)
[...]

>        - install upx.1 /usr/man/man1
>        - mkdir /usr/doc/upx-1.20
>        - install upx.html /usr/doc/upx-1.07
                           /usr/doc/upx-1.20
>        
>    - notes
>      - builds OOTB
> 	 - it is easier to fetch the cygwin binary:-)
> 	 
>    - (binaries) package availability
>      - on http://familiehaase.de
>      - in /cywgin/compression/upx-1.07
                       THIS (AND BELOW, TOO) IS THE CORRECT URL!
>      - as upx-1.20.tar.bz2
> 
>    - (source) package availability
>      - on http://familiehaase.de
>      - in /cywgin/compression/upx-1.07
>      - as upx-1.20-src.tar.gz
>      - or at the upx homepage
> 
>    - contributed by
>      - gerrit@familiehaase.de (Gerrit Peter Haase) 2001-07-10

gph


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