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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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