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Message-ID: <003c01c27364$f23b4690$0a02a8c0@p4>
From: "Andrew Cottrell" <acottrel AT ihug DOT com DOT au>
To: "Andris Pavenis" <pavenis AT latnet DOT lv>, <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
References: <001201c27297$05d52c80$0a02a8c0 AT p4> <200210140922 DOT 30663 DOT pavenis AT latnet DOT lv>
Subject: Re: CLIO 2.04 exe to use UPX in the next update
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 19:34:20 +1000
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..SNIP...
>UPX compressed DJGPP executables (built with last GCC versions) fails to
run
>if uncompressed. For example I uploaded binaries of port of gcc-3.2
compressed
>with UPX. If one uncompress them, for example 'upx -d gcc.exe' , it no more
>runs. Bug report submitted (for UPX). The problem is present with latest
>version of UPX (1.23). I don't think it's so serious that I should reupload
>binaries already compressed with UPX, but maybe we should not make a new
ones
>before this is fixed.

I tend to agree that before we go about distributing more UPX'd exe files
this needs to be fixed as there is no way of obtaining the original file
once the file is UPX'd.

Andrew

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