config/binutils/sstrip.in
author "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
Fri Jan 28 22:06:49 2011 +0100 (2011-01-28)
changeset 2284 7ede374110e5
parent 1856 e23ffb5c7928
permissions -rw-r--r--
config: add an option not to remove the destination directory

In certain circumstances, removing the destination/installation directory
is a bad idea. For example, when the build environment is already taking
care of sanitising the build tree, and pre-installs stuff in there, it is
a very bad idea to remove the destination directory.

This happens now in buildroot, as the crostool-NG backend now installs the
toolchain in the common host-tools directory, and pre-install there a few
host-utilities (eg. host-automake and host-gawk).

Provide a config knob to turn on/off the removal of the destination
directory, defaulting to 'y' (previous behavior), and forced to 'n' when
used as a backend.

Reported-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
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# Configuration file for sstrip tool facility
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if OBSOLETE && ! BACKEND && ARCH_BINFMT_ELF
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comment "sstrip"
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config SSTRIP
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    bool
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    prompt "sstrip (OBSOLETE)"
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    help
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      The sstrip utility, to maximise the striping of ELF binaries
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      (executables and libraries).
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      Buildroot version, forked off the original from ELFkickers.
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      This one is somewhat maintained by the buildroot guys.
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      Supports big-endian systems.
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      NOTE! Please read.
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        sstrip is now deprecated in crosstool-NG, as it has a few
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        shortcomings. For example: it breaks for PPC targets, it
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        does not build on non-ELF hosts (eg. mingw32, MacOS-X...).
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endif