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Robert Riebisch kirjoitti:
> DJ Delorie schrieb:
> 
>>> Don't do it, because it could introduce additional problems. If someone
>>> wants to compress, he/she is free to do so.
>> We've been doing it for all the other zips.  Strip, then compress.
> 
> Are you really sure? I was talking about compressing with UPX not Zip! I
> had a quick look at v2gnu EXE files back to 2005 and found _zero_
> UPX-compressed files.
> 
True.

UPX versions 1.2.X had problems with DJGPP executables. That was reason 
why it have not used for some time now. UPX new versions after 2.0 more 
have this problem, so there is no reason why not to use them.