Use tar --exclude option to clean up the kernel headers package (linux-headers) from unecessary files. Signed-off-by: Fathi Boudra <fathi.boudra@xxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/package/builddeb | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb index f46e4dd..f5ac45d 100644 --- a/scripts/package/builddeb +++ b/scripts/package/builddeb @@ -293,8 +293,9 @@ fi (cd $objtree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include Module.symvers include scripts -type f >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles") destdir=$kernel_headers_dir/usr/src/linux-headers-$version mkdir -p "$destdir" -(cd $srctree; tar -c -f - -T "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles") | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -) -(cd $objtree; tar -c -f - -T "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles") | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -) +excludes="--exclude-vcs --exclude=*.cmd --exclude=*.o --exclude=Documentation" +(cd $srctree; tar $excludes -cf - -T "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles") | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -) +(cd $objtree; tar $excludes -cf - -T "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles") | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -) (cd $objtree; cp $KCONFIG_CONFIG $destdir/.config) # copy .config manually to be where it's expected to be ln -sf "/usr/src/linux-headers-$version" "$kernel_headers_dir/lib/modules/$version/build" rm -f "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles" -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html