UPX & UCL

[Gerrit P. Haase]

Hallo Lapo,

> I just created the package for UCL.. but I found that UPX doesn't
> directly use the UCL library that the UCL packages install, it needs the
> full UCL source directory.

The upx binary doesn't need UCL to be installed, just link against the
static lib.  IIRC correctly UCL is only needed to build UPX.

> So I think that the better thing would be to have UCL directly in a
> subdirectory in the UPX package.
> Or else an UCL "source package" that is a prerequisite for the UPX
> "source package" (is this possible?).

> Do we need UCL package nonetheless to use it elsewhere?

> BTW: real UPX compiled by the author uses NRV library instead of UCL,
> that is a non-open-source version of UCL that compresses a bit better.

> --
> Lapo 'Raist' Luchini
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