Re: FYI: dh_upx compresses i386 executables
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Radovan Garabik wrote on Sat Apr 21, 2001 um 12:27:00PM:
> IMHO if they will be launched multiple times, applications
> will NOT share memory when upx-packed, so better be careful about
> when to use it and when not.
According to my top output, they do share memory. IMHO the applications
are decompressed in a temp directory and reexecuted again.
> And also ldd output about compressed packages will be misleading
> (unless something changed since last time I used upx)
That is why dh_shlibdeps must run _before_ dh_upx. And when library
dependencies are detected and resolved correctly, who cares about ldd
output?
Gr{us,eeting}s,
Eduard.
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