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Subject: Patch 7.3.460

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From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>

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Patch 7.3.460

Problem:    Win32: UPX does not compress 64 bit binaries.

Solution:   Mention and add the alternative: mpress. (Dave Bodenstab)

Files:	    src/INSTALLpc.txt, src/Make_ming.mak

*** ../vim-7.3.459/src/INSTALLpc.txt	2011-07-15 13:51:57.000000000 +0200

--- src/INSTALLpc.txt	2012-02-29 14:01:34.000000000 +0100

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*** 239,244 ****

--- 239,250 ----

  found at

      http://www.upx.org/

+ As of 2011, UPX still does not support compressing 64-bit EXE's; if you have

+ built a 64-bit vim then an alternative to UPX is 'MPRESS'. MPRESS can be found

+ at:

+     http://www.matcode.com/mpress.htm

+ 

+ 

  ADDITION: NLS support with MinGW

  (by Eduardo F. Amatria <eferna1@platea.pntic.mec.es>)

*** ../vim-7.3.459/src/Make_ming.mak	2011-10-12 14:11:43.000000000 +0200

--- src/Make_ming.mak	2012-02-29 16:54:09.000000000 +0100

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*** 14,22 ****

  # it's just run out of memory or something.  Run again, and it will continue

  # with 'xxd'.

  #

! # "make upx" makes *compressed* versions of the GUI and console EXEs, using the

! # excellent UPX compressor:

  #     http://upx.sourceforge.net/

  #

  # Maintained by Ron Aaron <ronaharon@yahoo.com>

  # updated 2003 Jan 20

--- 14,24 ----

  # it's just run out of memory or something.  Run again, and it will continue

  # with 'xxd'.

  #

! # "make upx" makes *compressed* versions of the 32 bit GUI and console EXEs,

! # using the excellent UPX compressor:

  #     http://upx.sourceforge.net/

+ # "make mpress" uses the MPRESS compressor for 32- and 64-bit EXEs:

+ #     http://www.matcode.com/mpress.htm

  #

  # Maintained by Ron Aaron <ronaharon@yahoo.com>

  # updated 2003 Jan 20

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*** 640,645 ****

--- 642,651 ----

  	upx gvim.exe

  	upx vim.exe

+ mpress: exes

+ 	mpress gvim.exe

+ 	mpress vim.exe

+ 

  xxd/xxd.exe: xxd/xxd.c

  	$(MAKE) -C xxd -f Make_ming.mak CC=$(CC)

*** ../vim-7.3.459/src/version.c	2012-02-29 13:58:43.000000000 +0100

--- src/version.c	2012-02-29 16:54:40.000000000 +0100

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*** 716,717 ****

--- 716,719 ----

  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */

+ /**/

+     460,

  /**/

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