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Big merge of my working tree: Added options `--all-methods', new

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Packer::getCompressionMethods(), improved Packer::compressWithFilters().

committer: mfx <mfx> 978449945 +0000
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Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer
2001-01-02 15:39:05 +00:00
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@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ B<upx> S<[ I<command> ]> S<[ I<options> ]> I<filename>...
=head1 ABSTRACT
The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables
Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer, Laszlo Molnar & John F. Reiser
http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/upx.html
http://upx.tsx.org
http://wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at/mfx/upx.html
http://upx.tsx.org
B<UPX> is a portable, extendable, high-performance executable packer for
@@ -178,17 +178,24 @@ squeezes out even some more compression ratio. While it is usually fine
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:
Tips for achieving the best compression ratio:
=over 4
=item *
Try if B<--overlay=strip> works.
Use the compression level B<--best>.
=item *
Try B<--all-filters>.
Try one or both of the options B<--all-methods> and B<--all-filters>.
Info: the option B<--brute> is an abbrevation for all the options
B<S<--best> S<--all-methods> S<--all-filters>>.
=item *
Try if B<--overlay=strip> works.
=item *
@@ -277,6 +284,16 @@ Extra options available for this executable format:
--8086 Create an executable that works on any 8086 CPU.
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
available compression methods. This may improve
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
the default method gives the best results anyway.
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using all
available preprocessing filters. This may improve
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
the default filter gives the best results anyway.
=head2 NOTES FOR DOS/EXE
@@ -294,6 +311,11 @@ Extra options available for this executable format:
--no-reloc Use no relocation records in the exe header.
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
available compression methods. This may improve
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
the default method gives the best results anyway.
=head2 NOTES FOR DOS/SYS
@@ -311,6 +333,16 @@ Extra options available for this executable format:
--8086 Create an executable that works on any 8086 CPU.
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
available compression methods. This may improve
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
the default method gives the best results anyway.
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using all
available preprocessing filters. This may improve
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
the default filter gives the best results anyway.
=head2 NOTES FOR DJGPP2/COFF
@@ -338,10 +370,15 @@ Extra options available for this executable format:
--coff Produce COFF output instead of EXE. By default
UPX keeps your current stub.
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using different
preprocessing filters. This may improve the compression
ratio in some cases, but usually the default filter
gives the best results anyway.
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
available compression methods. This may improve
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
the default method gives the best results anyway.
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using all
available preprocessing filters. This may improve
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
the default filter gives the best results anyway.
@@ -649,10 +686,15 @@ This format is used by the TMT Pascal compiler - see http://www.tmt.com/ .
Extra options available for this executable format:
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using different
preprocessing filters. This may improve the compression
ratio in some cases, but usually the default filter
gives the best results anyway.
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
available compression methods. This may improve
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
the default method gives the best results anyway.
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using all
available preprocessing filters. This may improve
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
the default filter gives the best results anyway.
@@ -691,10 +733,15 @@ Drawbacks:
Extra options available for this executable format:
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using different
preprocessing filters. This may improve the compression
ratio in some cases, but usually the default filter
gives the best results anyway.
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
available compression methods. This may improve
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
the default method gives the best results anyway.
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using all
available preprocessing filters. This may improve
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
the default filter gives the best results anyway.
@@ -770,10 +817,15 @@ Extra options available for this executable format:
UPX never strips relocations from a DLL
regardless of this option.
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using different
preprocessing filters. This may improve the compression
ratio in some cases, but usually the default filter
gives the best results anyway.
--all-methods Compress the program several times, using all
available compression methods. This may improve
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
the default method gives the best results anyway.
--all-filters Compress the program several times, using all
available preprocessing filters. This may improve
the compression ratio in some cases, but usually
the default filter gives the best results anyway.
@@ -805,11 +857,11 @@ Please report all bugs immediately to the authors.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer
Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer
Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Laszlo Molnar
Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Laszlo Molnar
Copyright (C) 2000 John Reiser
Copyright (C) 2000-2001 John F. Reiser
This program may be used freely, and you are welcome to
redistribute it under certain conditions.