From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Frantisek Hanzlik Subject: UPX or not UPX FreeDOS programs/TSRs? Date: Sun, 04 May 2014 11:17:26 +0200 Message-ID: <536605A6.4050909@hanzlici.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Freedos user list , DOSEMU/FreeDOS Hi all more experienced, I'm trying to revise and update dosemu-freedos package (subset of FreeDOS stuff used in DOSEMU usual installation) and I'm not sure, what is better - whether packaged programs by UPX or not. Actual dosemu-freedos-1.0-bin.tgz contains 40+ binaries, roughly half of them is packed with UPX - generally as FreeDOS program maintainers did. And I'm not sure, what is optimal, use UPX or not. On some binaries it cause significant space reduction - e.g. 'display.exe' 0.13b has 62535 Byte, and UPXed has only 3651 Byte. On other hand - at current disks sizes few (dozen or hundred) kB is nothing, and UPX packaging has perhaps its own disadvantages - and maybe especially with TSRs (as 'display.exe' is) this may lead to memory fragmentation(?). Thus, what is Your opinion on the use of UPX? Thanks, Franta Hanzlik