2 files changed, 38 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index cba918e1e7..cf99a8124b 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -242,9 +242,14 @@ SECTION_${PN}-dev = "devel"
 ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN}-dev = "1"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev = "${PN} (= ${EXTENDPV})"
 
-FILES_${PN}-dbg = "${bindir}/.debug ${sbindir}/.debug ${libexecdir}/.debug ${libdir}/.debug \
+DOTDEBUG-dbg = "${bindir}/.debug ${sbindir}/.debug ${libexecdir}/.debug ${libdir}/.debug \
             ${base_bindir}/.debug ${base_sbindir}/.debug ${base_libdir}/.debug ${libdir}/${PN}/.debug \
-            ${libdir}/matchbox-panel/.debug"
+            ${libdir}/matchbox-panel/.debug /usr/src/debug"
+
+DEBUGFILEDIRECTORY-dbg = "/usr/lib/debug /usr/src/debug"
+
+FILES_${PN}-dbg = "${@bb.data.getVar(['DOTDEBUG-dbg', 'DEBUGFILEDIRECTORY-dbg'][bb.data.getVar('PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE', d, 1) == 'debug-file-directory'], d, 1)}"
+
 SECTION_${PN}-dbg = "devel"
 ALLOW_EMPTY_${PN}-dbg = "1"
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN}-dbg = "${PN} (= ${EXTENDPV})"
diff --git a/meta/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
index 65b508717f..434c6841bf 100644
--- a/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -104,6 +104,37 @@ USER_CLASSES ?= "image-mklibs image-prelink"
 # <build directory>/tmp
 #TMPDIR = "${POKYBASE}/build/tmp"
 
+# The following are used to control options related to debugging.
+#
+# Uncomment this to change the optimization to make debugging easer, at the 
+# possible cost of performance.
+# DEBUG_BUILD = "1"
+#
+# Uncomment this to disable the stripping of the installed binaries
+# INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP = "1"
+#
+# Uncomment this to disable the split of the debug information into -dbg files
+# INHIBIT_PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT = "1"
+#
+# When splitting debug information, the following controls the results of the
+# file splitting.
+#
+#  .debug (default):
+#    When splitting the debug information will be placed into
+#    a .debug directory in the same dirname of the binary produced:
+#      /bin/foo -> /bin/.debug/foo
+#
+#  debug-file-directory:
+#    When splitting the debug information will be placed into
+#    a central debug-file-directory, /usr/lib/debug:
+#      /bin/foo -> /usr/lib/debug/bin/foo.debug
+#
+#    Any source code referenced in the debug symbols will be copied
+#    and made available within the /usr/src/debug directory
+#
+PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE = '.debug'
+# PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT_STYLE = 'debug-file-directory'
+
 # Uncomment these to build a package such that you can use gprof to profile it.
 # NOTE: This will only work with 'linux' targets, not
 # 'linux-uclibc', as uClibc doesn't provide the necessary