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Re: "Cannot represent change" error upon PNG file addition



* Zoltan Ivanfi (ifi@fw.hu) [041206 17:15]:
> I created a PNG icon for a package that originally (in the orig.tar.gz)
> didn't contain one. I get this error when trying to build the package:
> 
> dpkg-source: cannot represent change to icon.png: binary file contents
> changed
> 
> Can you tell me what could/should I do in order to add the PNG file to
> the package?

the diff must consist of only text-changes, no binaries. So, e.g. put
the file in base64-format there, and create the binary during the build.


Cheers,
Andi
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