On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Tony Maro wrote:
> Ales Katona wrote: > > > Tony Maro wrote: > > > > > Being frustrated with the results of UPX in Linux (can't access > > > param(0) if it's packed) I did some hunting and found: > > > > > > http://exepak.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > For the TruckBites installer, I wrote my own installation utility > > > that tags all the individual files into the main exe, and > > > auto-extracts them at runtime, so nothing need's tar'd. > > > Unfortunately with UPX, it couldn't locate itself when it ran so that > > > it could extract everything. With exepak, it works like a charm and > > > compressed it down from 4 MB to 2.7 MB. > > > > > > -Tony Maro > > > > > Thanks! Great find. I have the same problem with UPX. Btw how is your > > installer going? > > > > Ales > > I'm in the middle of rewriting it to be more more flexible. So it will soon > be something that anyone can use, not just the guy who wrote it ;-) > > I'm looking to possibly make it compatible with innosetup .iss files on a VERY > basic level, so that it can be built on later to be more in-depth. If you could make it work with .iss files, you would be doing me a HUGE favour. A portable .iss system is one of the things on my wishlist. I'm working on a 'make' replacement specifically for FPC (it's already functional), and one of the things I want it to do is to spit out a ready-to-use .iss file. Michael. _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
