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Documented `--force-execve'.

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Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer 2000-12-22 12:40:31 +00:00
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@ -562,8 +562,9 @@ Extra options available for this executable format:
Please read the general Linux description first.
The generic linux/386 format deompresses to /tmp
The generic linux/386 format decompresses to /tmp
and needs /proc filesystem support.
It starts the decompressed program via execve().
Linux/386 is only selected if the specialized linux/elf386
and linux/sh386 won't recognize a file.
@ -573,7 +574,7 @@ Packed programs will be byte-identical to the original after uncompression.
How it works:
For files which are not ELF and not a script for a known "-c" shell,
UPX uses kernel exec(), which first requires decompressing to a
UPX uses kernel execve(), which first requires decompressing to a
temporary file in the filesystem. Interestingly -
because of the good memory management of the Linux kernel - this
often does not introduce a noticable delay, and in fact there
@ -621,7 +622,9 @@ Specific drawbacks:
Extra options available for this executable format:
(none)
--force-execve Force the use of the generic linux/386 "execve"
format, i.e. do not try the linux/elf386 and
linux/sh386 formats.