From c798242bfe475f82a8baa489e0b32584cc73e308 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer" <markus@oberhumer.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 23:07:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Updated.

committer: mfx <mfx> 1036969636 +0000
---
 NEWS       |  6 +++++-
 README.1ST |  6 +++---
 TODO       | 37 ++++---------------------------------
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bf07b1ea..ede79267 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ User visible changes for UPX
 
 [ BETA VERSION - please see README.1ST for some more info ]
 
-Changes in 1.90 beta (XX Oct 2002):
+Changes in 1.90 beta (11 Nov 2002):
   * UNSTABLE BETA VERSION - DO NOT USE EXCEPT FOR TESTING
   * implemented several new options for finer compression control:
       `--all-methods', `--all-filters' and `--brute'
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ Changes in 1.11 beta (20 Dec 2000):
 
 ==================================================================
 
+Changes in 1.24 (07 Nov 2002)
+  * djgpp2/coff: stricter check of the COFF header to work around a
+    problem with certain binutils versions
+
 Changes in 1.23 (05 Sep 2002)
   * atari/tos: fixed an unpacking problem where a buffer was too
     small (introduced in 1.22)
diff --git a/README.1ST b/README.1ST
index 60edae0a..fed8a996 100644
--- a/README.1ST
+++ b/README.1ST
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ All versions 1.9x are unstable beta releases - use them only for testing,
 and never distribute a program that is packed with them !
 There will be hidden bugs. Really.
 
-The current stable release is 1.23, and the next stable release
+The current stable release is 1.24, and the next stable release
 will be called version 2.00.
 
-The main news since 1.23 are:
-  - somewhat better compression using the new NRV2E algorithm
+The main news since 1.24 are:
+  - slightly better compression using the new NRV2E algorithm
   - new options for compression tuining (e.g. `--brute')
   - support for bootable Linux kernels ("vmlinuz/386")
   - direct Linux ELF-to-memory decompression ("linux/elf386")
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index d1df1b18..bd7ed77f 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,17 +1,4 @@
-UPX TODO list. Last updated 2002-10-14.
-
-
-- rotten code, bring back to life and resync with UPX 1.2 branch
-  [mostly done]
-
-- resync stub with UPX 1.2 branch
-  [mostly done]
-
-- resync docs with UPX 1.2 branch
-  [mostly done]
-
-- p_ps1.cpp (ps1/exe) needs some work
-  [mostly done]
+UPX TODO list. Last updated 2002-11-11.
 
 - check all <const_cast> to make sure they are not invalid
 
@@ -19,21 +6,12 @@ UPX TODO list. Last updated 2002-10-14.
   (info: bla bla). Also ui.cpp (total_*).
 
 
-TEST:
-
-- test new linux formats
-- test unpacking of old linux formats
-- test new filters
-
-
 
 IMPROVED COMPRESSION RATIO
 ==========================
 
 - experiment with new filters
 
-- implement filters for linux/elf386
-
 - implement filters for dos/exe
 
 - filters: could we exploit a f->firstcall info field ?
@@ -73,18 +51,13 @@ FORMAT DOS/EXE
 FORMAT LINUX/386
 ================
 
+- forward-port fix in 1.23: "don't give up too early if a single block
+  turns out to be incompressible"
+
 - don't mmap() the temporary output file - this seems to improve
     file io speed
 
 
-FORMAT LINUX/ELF386
-===================
-
-- implement filters
-
-- implement compressWithFilters()
-
-
 FORMAT TMT/ADAM
 ===============
 
@@ -117,8 +90,6 @@ FORMAT WIN16/NE
 FORMAT WIN32/PE
 ===============
 
-- verify that compressWithFilters() works
-
 - fix the section alignment with the Intel compiler
 
 - decrease runtime memory overhead