From d383b1e1a3608c978a2f418265fb81049a854728 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer" Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 18:07:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Docs updates. committer: mfx 1034618834 +0000 --- TODO | 3 +++ doc/Makefile | 2 +- doc/upx.pod | 36 ++++++++++++++++-------------------- 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index b006ca9a..d1df1b18 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ UPX TODO list. Last updated 2002-10-14. - resync stub with UPX 1.2 branch [mostly done] +- resync docs with UPX 1.2 branch + [mostly done] + - p_ps1.cpp (ps1/exe) needs some work [mostly done] diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile index 1854f955..db875e28 100644 --- a/doc/Makefile +++ b/doc/Makefile @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SHELL = /bin/sh top_srcdir = .. PACKAGE = upx -VERSION_DATE = 16 Jul 2002 +VERSION_DATE = 14 Oct 2002 VERSION := $(shell sed -n 's/^.*UPX_VERSION_STRING .*"\(.*\)".*/\1/p' $(top_srcdir)/src/version.h) TRIMSPACE = cat diff --git a/doc/upx.pod b/doc/upx.pod index ef46a28f..625d136a 100644 --- a/doc/upx.pod +++ b/doc/upx.pod @@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ B S<[ I ]> S<[ I ]> I... =head1 ABSTRACT - The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables - Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 - Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer, Laszlo Molnar & John F. Reiser - http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/upx.html - http://upx.tsx.org + The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables + Copyright (c) 1996-2002 Markus Oberhumer & Laszlo Molnar + http://upx.sourceforge.net B is a portable, extendable, high-performance executable packer for @@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ B comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details see the file LICENSE. Having said that, we think that B is quite stable now. Indeed we have compressed lots of files without any problems. Also, the current version has undergone several months of beta testing - -actually it's more than 2 1/2 years since our first public beta. +actually it's more than 4 years since our first public beta back in 1998. This is the first production quality release, and we plan that future 1.xx releases will be backward compatible with this version. @@ -230,9 +228,9 @@ options for B. These options are interpreted first and can be overwritten by explicit command line parameters. For example: - for DOS/Windows: set UPX=-9 --compress-icons#1 - for sh/ksh/zsh: UPX="-9 --compress-icons=1"; export UPX - for csh/tcsh: setenv UPX "-9 --compress-icons=1" + for DOS/Windows: set UPX=-9 --compress-icons#0 + for sh/ksh/zsh: UPX="-9 --compress-icons=0"; export UPX + for csh/tcsh: setenv UPX "-9 --compress-icons=0" Under DOS/Windows you must use '#' instead of '=' when setting the environment variable because of a COMMAND.COM limitation. @@ -365,8 +363,6 @@ The DLM format (a rather exotic shared library extension) is not supported. Packed programs will be byte-identical to the original after uncompression. All debug information and trailing garbage will be stripped, though. -BTW, B is the successor of the DJP executable packer. - Extra options available for this executable format: --coff Produce COFF output instead of EXE. By default @@ -790,11 +786,7 @@ B has been successfully tested with the following extenders: The WDOS/X extender is partly supported (for details see the file bugs BUGS). -Yes, you can use your compressed executables with DOS4GW. - -The LX format is not yet supported. - -DLLs are not supported. +DLLs and the LX format are not supported. Extra options available for this executable format: @@ -822,6 +814,10 @@ will load faster, and require less bandwidth during execution. DLLs are supported. +Screensavers are supported, with the restriction that the filename +must end with ".scr" (as screensavers are handled slightly different +than normal exe files). + Extra options available for this executable format: --compress-exports=0 Don't compress the export section. @@ -887,7 +883,7 @@ Please report all bugs immediately to the authors. Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer http://www.oberhumer.com - Laszlo Molnar + Laszlo Molnar John F. Reiser @@ -897,11 +893,11 @@ Please report all bugs immediately to the authors. =head1 COPYRIGHT -Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer +Copyright (C) 1996-2002 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer -Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Laszlo Molnar +Copyright (C) 1996-2002 Laszlo Molnar -Copyright (C) 2000-2001 John F. Reiser +Copyright (C) 2000-2002 John F. Reiser Copyright (C) 2002 Jens Medoch