Hi, On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 7:10 AM, David McMackins <cont...@mcmackins.org> wrote: > > When I try to UPX it, I get an assertion failure. Apparently UPX has > trouble with FreePascal executables. I think this additionally confirms > another compiler was used.
The 8 kb existing, TP-compiled .EXE? Or do you mean newer FPC-compiled .EXE? Since FPC (relatively) recently added an internal smartlinker to the Go32v2 target (more crucial for Win32), those .EXEs too seem to be resistant to UPX. But it's not a total loss anyways because the smartlinker itself is already very good. You can still use a cmdline switch to use the old (DJGPP) external linker, but I'm not sure if it fully works anymore, at least for smartlinking, dunno. Yes, I seem to get 60 kb output with latest (Go32v2) FPC. I also compiled it with (freeware) TP 5.5 and got roughly the same size as the existing TP .EXE. But apparently TP 5.5 didn't support $X+ extended syntax yet, so it doesn't ignore function results (line 245: "ReadKey;"). But obviously that's easy to workaround. Remember FPC snapshots of 3.1.1 also have i8086-msdos output, but it's bloater (albeit much more advanced, better, bugfree, supports newer dialect stuff, etc). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
