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diff --git a/archive/upx/DETAILS b/archive/upx/DETAILS new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..6298bf37e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/upx/DETAILS @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ + SPELL=upx + VERSION=1.25 + SOURCE=$SPELL-$VERSION-src.tar.gz + SOURCE2=ucl-1.03.tar.gz + SOURCE_URL[0]=${SOURCEFORGE_URL}/$SPELL/$SOURCE + SOURCE2_URL[0]=http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/ucl/download/$SOURCE2 + MD5[0]=2fcaebcbe698d6e515d810fb093026c6 + MD5[1]=63568549c15ff5584b7770b5df797ede +SOURCE_DIRECTORY=${BUILD_DIRECTORY}/${SPELL}-${VERSION} +SOURCE_DIRECTORY2=${BUILD_DIRECTORY}/ucl-1.03 + WEB_SITE=http://upx.sourceforge.net/ + ENTERED=20050330 + UPDATED=20050330 + LICENSE[0]=GPL + BUILD_API=2 + SHORT="UPX is a free, portable, extendable, high-performance executable packer for several different executable formats." +cat << EOF + + + UPX is a versatile executable packer with the following features: + + * excellent compression ratio: typically compresses better than WinZip/zip/gzip, use UPX to decrease the size of your distribution ! + + * very fast decompression: ~10 MB/sec on an ancient Pentium 133, ~200 MB/sec on an Athlon XP 2000+. + + * no memory overhead for your compressed executables because of in-place decompression. + + * safe: you can list, test and unpack your executables. Also, a checksum of both the compressed and uncompressed file is maintained internally. + * universal: UPX can pack a number of executable formats: + o atari/tos + o djgpp2/coff + o dos/com + o dos/exe + o dos/sys + o linux/386 + o rtm32/pe + o tmt/adam + o watcom/le (supporting DOS4G, PMODE/W, DOS32a and CauseWay) + o win32/pe + + * portable: UPX is written in portable endian-neutral C++ + + * extendable: because of the class layout it's very easy to add new executable formats or new compression algorithms + + * free: UPX is distributed with full source code under the GNU General Public License, and may be used freely even with commercial programs. + +EOF |