rootfs: possibility to add packages to debug rootfs

Static libraries are not included in rootfs, it means, that sources are
not going into debug rootfs. This option enables to install additional
packages even if the standard package is not installed.

(From OE-Core rev: 708fe1df3d3e22dd693ae7bbfdd3e5af1a1b0bdc)

Signed-off-by: Andrej Valek <andrej.valek@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py b/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
index ddda552263..e5512d09ef 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/rootfs.py
@@ -148,6 +148,16 @@ class Rootfs(object, metaclass=ABCMeta):
             bb.note("  Install complementary '*-src' packages...")
             self.pm.install_complementary('*-src')
 
+        """
+        Install additional debug packages. Possibility to install additional packages,
+        which are not automatically installed as complementary package of
+        standard one, e.g. debug package of static libraries.
+        """
+        extra_debug_pkgs = self.d.getVar('IMAGE_INSTALL_DEBUGFS')
+        if extra_debug_pkgs:
+            bb.note("  Install extra debug packages...")
+            self.pm.install(extra_debug_pkgs.split(), True)
+
         bb.note("  Rename debug rootfs...")
         try:
             shutil.rmtree(self.image_rootfs + '-dbg')