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HX: Request + "Bug" report (Announce)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 14.07.2008, 10:26

Hi,

> Request:
> Add LE/LX support.
> This is because VP and it's DPMI32 implementation (which was not
> officially supported by VP) requires a LE file for finishing the make
> process.
>
> I don't know if that's something you ever considered or will consider,
> but this is (at the moment) mandatory for me to be able to use HX.
>
> Of course I could work on changing the current VP LE support into PE/PX,
> but I don't have the time to work on this, also, the current
> implementation works great with all other extenders.

Regrettably I also don't have the time to work on this.

> "Bug":
> Using PESTUB with the -x option changes the NEWEXE id of the executable
> from PE to PX.
> The problem is that PESTUB doesn't work anymore after this change with
> this executable, but I think it should and can't think of any reason why
> it shouldn't support PX images as well.

I'll put it onto my "todo" list. Most likely it is a trivial change.

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MS-DOS forever!

Complete thread:

• HX: Request + "Bug" report - ho1459, 13.07.2008, 08:57 (Announce)
  • HX: Request + "Bug" report - Japheth, 14.07.2008, 10:26
    • PESTUB: PE<->PX very new bug ;-) - DOS386, 15.07.2008, 09:49