Re: Binary files in the kernel sources?

From: Matthias Andree (matthias.andree@gmx.de)
Date: Tue Aug 22 2000 - 12:44:26 EST

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> > Uh. uuencode? History. base64encode COULD be used, but what's the point
> > as long as it's inside a .tar.ANYCOMPRESSORSUFFIX?
>
> Excuse me? I've never heard of that program.
>
> The only alternative to uuencode would be a png-logo.c or
> png-logo.pl that spits out a png file without external help.

I'm asking again: what's the point in encoding binary files such as PNG,
if the whole lot is stuffed into a .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 anyways?

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