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+TARGET = live-attilax
+GIVEBACK_DIR = /srv/ftp/librezo/live-attilax/24.03
+
+default:
+	echo "possible targets: 'stick', 'rsync_to_freeduc' 'rsync_from_freeduc'"
+
+stick:
+	sudo live-clone
+
+STICKDEVICE = $(shell lsblk| grep persistence | sed -n 's/.*\(sd.\)[0-9].*/\1/ p')
+LIVE_IMAGES = $(shell ls live-image*)
+
+image_16BG: live-image-amd64.stick16G.img.gz
+
+live-image-amd64.stick16G.img.gz:
+	@if [ -n "$(STICKDEVICE)" ]; then \
+	  echo "writing to live-image-amd64.stick16G.img.gz" ; \
+	  sudo bar -if /dev/$(STICKDEVICE) | gzip -c9 > $@; \
+	else \
+	  echo "no device was found with a partition named 'persistence'"; \
+	fi
+
+sum: sha512sums.txt
+
+sha512sums.txt: $(LIVE_IMAGES)
+	sha512sum live-image* > $@
+
+sign: sha512sums.txt.asc
+
+sha512sums.txt.asc: sha512sums.txt
+	gpg -sab sha512sums.txt
+
+giveback:
+	rsync -v --progress \
+	  sha512sums.txt* live-image-* \
+	  freeduc.science:$(GIVEBACK_DIR)
+
+rsync_to_freeduc:
+	ssh freeduc.science mkdir -p attilax/$(TARGET)
+	rsync -av --exclude="live-image*" --exclude "*.log" --delete auto config freeduc.science:jbart/$(TARGET)/
+
+rsync_from_freeduc:
+	rsync -av freeduc.science:attilax/$(TARGET)/build.log .
+	# get the built files of interest, except the source archives
+	rsync -av --exclude "*source*" --exclude "*stick*" --progress \
+	          freeduc.science:attilax/$(TARGET)/live-image* .
+
+.PHONY: default stick rsync_to_freeduc rsync_from_freeduc image_16BG sums sign giveback