Who gives a shit? It's included in MS-DOS 6.22, it'll be included in FreeDOS. It's not hurting you is it? You don't suffer from erectile disfunction because you "dir" and see exe2bin listed there do you? NO! Jebus Christ, can't you find something better to bitch about? Or how about fixing something while you're at it?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rugxulo" <rugx...@gmail.com> To: <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 12:47 AM Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] EXE2BIN > Hi again, > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Steve Nickolas > <lyricalnan...@usotsuki.hoshinet.org> wrote: >> >>>> Exe2bin: Not all software uses compilers which create COM directly. >> >> PC DOS 2000 doesn't even *have* exe2bin. > > I'm not sure about MS-DOS 6.22 since I can't find an online listing. > (I used to know a site, but alas ....) Anyways, EXE2BIN *may* have > been moved to the 6.22 Supplemental add-on or even Step-up add-on, not > sure. But it seems MS-DOS 5 did have it by default: > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/75712 > > On a semi-related note, I don't think LINK was included after MS-DOS > 4. (It's still on MS' FTP, but it's now a 386 PharLap .EXE, which is > vaguely weird for a 16-bit only OMF linker. I don't know their > licensing and IIRC it "seems" to be only a "upgrade for MS VC 1.52 > users", so it's probably "only" for them. Meh.) > > In short, I don't think EXE2BIN belongs in "BASE" for FreeDOS. I don't > know of anybody using it. Okay, since Eric mentions it, I can vaguely > remember that thinks like MASM did need it, but since we don't include > MASM, why do we include EXE2BIN?? We don't include a linker either (as > mentioned). So any alleged programmers would still have to add those > to their toolset too. > > A quick check at EXE2BIN included with FreeDOS shows that it's > basically just verbatim OpenWatcom 1.5 [sic] EXE2BIN except apparently > recompiled with Borland / Turbo C, perhaps for smaller size?? (Latest > OW 1.9 is an .EXE of approx. 20 kb, while this one once decompressed > [UPX] is like a 13 kb .COM.) The "Software List" says "ramax" is the > author / maintainer, but considering all the *heavy* mentions of > OpenWatcom in the sources and the fact that the help screen is > "almost" identical (at least feature parity) makes me doubt that. In > fact, you may find it funny (!) to know that the LICENSE.TXT is bigger > than the program!! > > I know it's not important to mention this. I also know nobody will > agree with me, most likely. I'm just saying, seriously, do we need > it?? I'm not saying "throw it out completely", just get it from > OpenWatcom if you really need it (since it's the same!!). Besides, 1.9 >> 1.5, so nyah. ;-) > > The tool basically only strips the .EXE header but *also* resolves any > relocs. So I guess it *could* be useful to someone, but *by itself* > it's fairly useless (and redundant) in "BASE". > > So there, is that an exhaustive enough analysis? :-/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention > Research study explores the data loss prevention market. Includes in-depth > analysis on the changes within the DLP market, and the criteria used to > evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these DLP solutions. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51385063/ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention Research study explores the data loss prevention market. Includes in-depth analysis on the changes within the DLP market, and the criteria used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these DLP solutions. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51385063/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
