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Work-in-progress build of font editor Kasmar (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 15.12.2024, 01:06

> What did you changed on EXE format that it cannot be compressed by UPX
> now?
> UPX 4.2x compress it but destroy it, UPX 3.x tells it's already
> compressed...

I think it's compiled by Free Pascal, whose Go32v2 output nowadays by default uses the built-in assembler and linker (for faster speed and easier cross-compilation). That has long been unable to be UPX'd, for whatever obscure reason (non-standard COFF sections or whatever).

Complete thread:

• Work-in-progress build of font editor Kasmar - Laaca, 24.11.2024, 13:30 (Announce)
  • Work-in-progress build of font editor Kasmar - RayeR, 14.12.2024, 22:56
    • Work-in-progress build of font editor Kasmar - Rugxulo, 15.12.2024, 01:06
      • Work-in-progress build of font editor Kasmar - Laaca, 17.12.2024, 22:42
        • Work-in-progress build of font editor Kasmar - RayeR, 18.12.2024, 01:43
          • Work-in-progress build of font editor Kasmar - Laaca, 18.12.2024, 17:33
            • Work-in-progress build of font editor Kasmar - RayeR, 22.12.2024, 01:40
        • Work-in-progress build of font editor Kasmar - Rugxulo, 18.12.2024, 04:45
      • Work-in-progress build of font editor Kasmar - marcov, 18.12.2024, 11:04
  • Work-in-progress build of font editor Kasmar - Zyzzle, 01.01.2025, 03:16
    • Work-in-progress build of font editor Kasmar - Laaca, 01.01.2025, 13:18