[Buildroot] [PATCH 3 of 5 v2] build: add option to exclude executables/dirs from being stripped

[Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin+buildroot@gmail.com>]

# HG changeset patch
# User Sven Neumann <s.neumann@raumfeld.com>
# Date 1314025139 -7200
# Node ID 76f1a5eeba5e79cb841338d5317e3c618bf7c93c
# Parent  26239e4561037c19ccfc7ac7ea216d36a6a8e87e
build: add option to exclude executables/dirs from being stripped

Sometimes it may be desirable to keep debug symbols for some binaries and
libraries on the target. This commit introduces the config option
BR2_STRIP_EXCLUDE_FILES, which is interpreted as a list of such binaries
and libraries, and the option BR2_STRIP_EXCLUDE_DIRS, which indicates
directories excluded from stripping entirely.
These exclusions are passed to the find command in the target-finalize step.

Signed-off-by: Sven Neumann <s.neumann@raumfeld.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com>

---
v2: add the possibility to exclude entire directories

 Config.in |  19 +++++++++++++++++++
 Makefile  |   9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Config.in b/Config.in
--- a/Config.in
+++ b/Config.in
@@ -247,6 +247,25 @@ config BR2_STRIP_none
 	  none    do not strip (only for debugging!)
 endchoice
 
+config BR2_STRIP_EXCLUDE_FILES
+	string "executables that should not be stripped"
+	depends on !BR2_STRIP_none
+	default ""
+	help
+	  You may specify a space-separated list of binaries and libraries
+	  here that should not be stripped on the target.
+
+config BR2_STRIP_EXCLUDE_DIRS
+	string "directories that should be skipped when stripping"
+	depends on !BR2_STRIP_none
+	default ""
+	help
+	  You may specify a space-separated list of directories that should
+	  be skipped when stripping. Binaries and libraries in these
+	  directories will not be touched.
+	  The directories should be specified relative to the target directory,
+	  without leading slash.
+
 choice
 	prompt "gcc optimization level"
 	default BR2_OPTIMIZE_S
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -430,6 +430,12 @@ endif
 erase-fakeroots:
 	rm -f $(BUILD_DIR)/.fakeroot*
 
+STRIP_FIND_CMD=find $(TARGET_DIR)
+ifneq (,$(call qstrip,$(BR2_STRIP_EXCLUDE_DIRS)))
+STRIP_FIND_CMD+=\( $(call finddirclauses,$(TARGET_DIR),$(call qstrip,$(BR2_STRIP_EXCLUDE_DIRS))) \) -prune -o
+endif
+STRIP_FIND_CMD+=-type f -perm +111 -not \( $(call findfileclauses,libthread_db*.so* $(call qstrip,$(BR2_STRIP_EXCLUDE_FILES))) \) -print
+
 target-finalize:
 ifeq ($(BR2_HAVE_DEVFILES),y)
 	( support/scripts/copy.sh $(STAGING_DIR) $(TARGET_DIR) )
@@ -454,8 +460,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYC_ONLY),y)
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/ -name '*.py' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
 endif
-	find $(TARGET_DIR) -type f -perm +111 '!' $(call findfileclauses,libthread_db*.so*) | \
-		xargs $(STRIPCMD) 2>/dev/null || true
+	$(STRIP_FIND_CMD) | xargs $(STRIPCMD) 2>/dev/null || true
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/modules -type f -name '*.ko' | \
 		xargs -r $(KSTRIPCMD) || true