[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/9 v2] core/pkg-generic: allow packages to exclude files when extracting

[Vicente Olivert Riera]

Dear Yann E. MORIN,

On 10/24/2015 01:48 PM, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Currently, packages that need to exclude parts of the archives when
> extracting (e.g. to gain space), like gcc or toolchain-external, have to
> provide custom extract commands, just for the sake of adding a bunch of
> --exclude directives when calling tar.
> 
> Add a new variable that packages may set, to provide a space-separated
> list of patterns to exclude.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> Cc: Vicente Olivert Riera <Vincent.Riera at imgtec.com>
> Reviewed-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour at openwide.fr>
Reviewed-by: Vicente Olivert Riera <Vincent.Riera at imgtec.com>

Regards,

Vincent.