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7-Zip 4.56 beta available (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 01.11.2007, 03:52

(from Steve):
> Michael Kostylev has a DJGPP compile of p7zip 4.44 (1 April 2007).
>
> Website: http://mik.mkw.ru/dos-stuff/p7z444b.zip

P.S. The file 7ZA.EXE included is packed with UPX 2.03. Well, we all (now) know that later UPX versions (e.g. latest 3.01) support LZMA from 7-Zip. So, a quick upx -d 7za.exe && upx --ultra-brute 7za.exe shrinks it from 753,448 bytes to 610,520 bytes (quite a difference!).

http://rugxulo.googlepages.com/p7z444b.zip (1208k, w/ new LZMA-packed .EXE)

Complete thread:

• 7-Zip 4.56 beta available - Steve, 25.10.2007, 22:56 (Announce)
  • 7-Zip 4.56 beta available - Rugxulo, 26.10.2007, 02:16
    • 7-Zip 4.56 beta available - DOS386, 26.10.2007, 08:46
      • 7-Zip 4.56 beta available - Rugxulo, 01.11.2007, 03:52
        • p7Zip 4.55 beta (DJGPP compile) available - Rugxulo, 06.11.2007, 19:40
          • p7Zip 4.55 beta (DJGPP compile) available - iw2evk Roberto, 09.11.2007, 08:20
            • p7Zip 4.55 beta (DJGPP compile) available - Rugxulo, 09.11.2007, 09:18
              • p7Zip 4.55 beta (DJGPP compile) available - Rugxulo, 15.11.2007, 15:34
            • p7Zip 4.55 beta (DJGPP compile) available - Steve, 09.11.2007, 09:45
            • p7Zip 4.55 beta (DJGPP compile) available - rr, 16.11.2007, 11:20
  • "7za -w" fails in pure DOS - Rugxulo, 26.11.2007, 19:18