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From: Jerry Van Baren <gvb.uboot@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:45:16 -0400
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] add 'license' command to
	u-boot?commandline
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Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message <4874CE57.7090005@ge.com> you wrote:
>> Bleah on the small C program (nothing personal, just hate to add Yet 
>> Another Program to the build process).  How about using echo for prelim 
>> text (if necessary) and xxd to create the struct instead?  I like making 
>> maintenance Somebody Else's Problem (SEP[1])
>>
>> $ man xxd
> 
> How standard is xxd across distributions and operating systems?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk

In debian, it is (also) provided by the vim-common package.  It looks 
like vim (the project) is the origin of the command.  That was Harald's 
objection to using xxd.  Unfortunately, it appears to be a reasonable 
objection.

$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/xxd
vim-common: /usr/bin/xxd

IMHO, vim and xxd are essential programs so I'm OK with using xxd. 
OTOH, I understand some people actually prefer emacs and may have a 
problem with requiring vim to be installed.  ;-/

Best regards,
gvb