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The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables
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2006-02-13 14:15:29 +00:00
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Copyright (c) 1996-2006 Markus Oberhumer & Laszlo Molnar
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http://upx.sourceforge.net
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WARNING - UNSTABLE BETA VERSION
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2002-10-15 02:43:29 +00:00
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All versions 1.9x are unstable beta releases - use them only for testing,
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and never distribute a program that is packed with them !
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There will be hidden bugs. Really.
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2004-06-29 23:40:16 +00:00
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The current stable release is 1.25, and the next stable release
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will be called version 2.00.
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2004-06-29 23:40:16 +00:00
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The main news since 1.25 are:
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2002-11-10 23:07:16 +00:00
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- slightly better compression using the new NRV2E algorithm
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2006-01-23 07:01:54 +00:00
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- new options for compression tuning (e.g. `--brute')
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2002-10-15 02:43:29 +00:00
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- support for bootable Linux kernels ("vmlinuz/386")
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2004-07-19 18:23:56 +00:00
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- support for Linux kernel building ("vmlinux/386")
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2002-12-29 11:53:01 +00:00
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- direct Linux ELF-to-memory decompression ("linux/elf386") and
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shell-to-memory decompression ("linux/sh386")
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2005-09-09 08:49:41 +00:00
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- support for arm/WinCE ("arm/pe") exes
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2006-01-23 07:01:54 +00:00
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- support for mach/ppc32
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- support for Linux elf/ppc32
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- support for Linux elf/amd64
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2006-02-13 14:15:29 +00:00
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- support for playstation exes ("ps1/exe")
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2006-02-12 11:03:44 +00:00
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- lots of new bugs ;-) take care
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