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Updated from UPX 1.03 release.

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committer: mfx <mfx> 975606081 +0000
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Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer
2000-11-30 17:41:21 +00:00
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@@ -159,19 +159,17 @@ Compression levels 7, 8 and 9 favor compression ratio over speed.
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Compression level B<--best> may take a very long time.
Compression level B<--best> may take a long time.
=back
Note that compression level B<-9> can be quite slow for some large
Note that compression level B<-9> can be somewaht slow for large
files, but you definitely should use it when releasing a final version
of your program. (E.g. it took about 20 minutes to compress the almost
5 MB MAME 0.34 with B<-9> on my Pentium 133, but the resulting executable
was still ~65 kB smaller than when using B<-7>.)
of your program.
Since UPX 0.70 there is also an extra compression level B<--best> which
squeezes out even some more compression ratio. While it is usually fine
to use this option with your favorite .com file it may take several hours
to use this option with your favorite .com file it may take a long time
to compress a multi-megabyte program. You have been warned.
Tips for even better compression:
@@ -596,6 +594,7 @@ Please report all bugs immediately to the authors.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer
Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Laszlo Molnar
This program may be used freely, and you are welcome to