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Re: Adding Binary Files to a Package



On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Brian White wrote:

> > > > 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.
> >
> > I had envisioned the rules file expecting to find an apple disk in the
> > first floppy drive, and dd'ing the image to the appropriate file. This
> > would make the build explicitly depend on the "non-free" portion you are
> > trying to add to the package.
> 
> The part I'm adding is actually perfectly free.  I just formatted a
> disk, put a pd "hello" program on it, and called it "blank.dsk".  It
> was fun to try and remember the "init hello" command.  <grin>

How did you format the disk?
Did you use Linux, or apple?

Slightly confused,

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