Re: Adding Binary Files to a Package

[Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> > In the apple2 package, I've added a disk image of a blank disk.  I want
> > this to go out in the built package so people have a bit more of a starting
> > place.  However, 'dpkg-buildpackage' tries to diff it with the non-existant
> > version in the original source and then dies because it's a binary file.
> >
> > How do I work around this limitation?
>
> Create the image as part of the build target in rules. Remove the image
> file thus created in the clean target.

Since the image can't be created through command-line stuff, I've done
what someone else suggested:  uuencode it.  I extract the binary from
that.  Crude, but it works.

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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