Re: binary files in diff

[Frank Gevaerts <frank@gevaerts.be>]

On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 09:41:18PM +0100, Alexander Schmehl wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> * Frank Gevaerts <frank@gevaerts.be> [061108 21:01]:
> 
> > I need to add a binary file (a png icon) to my package. What is the best
> > way to do this, since the "normal" .diff generation does not support
> > this ?
> 
> The "normal" way to do this, is to add it uuencoded to the diff, and
> uudecode it during build time.

Thanks to all. I uuencoded the file

Frank



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