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Re: UPX & UCL
- From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gp at familiehaase dot de>
- To: Lapo Luchini <lapo at lapo dot it>
- Cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 00:29:21 +0200
- Subject: Re: UPX & UCL
- Organization: Esse keine toten Tiere
- References: <3CACBF88.B40FDF6C@lapo.it>
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
> lapo@lapo.it (PGP & X.509 keys available)
> http://www.lapo.it (ICQ UIN: 529796)
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