From e8ad257d6609c0fcc532313da0e320082283b774 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leandro Lanzieri <leandro.lanzieri@haw-hamburg.de>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 14:22:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Makefile.base: do not clean objects of bindist modules

---
 Makefile.base         | 6 +++++-
 makefiles/vars.inc.mk | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile.base b/Makefile.base
index 4c285157ab..b4b1a495cc 100644
--- a/Makefile.base
+++ b/Makefile.base
@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@ $(BINDIR)/$(MODULE)/:
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $@
 
 OLD_OBJECTS = $(wildcard $(BINDIR)/$(MODULE)/*.o)
-OBJECTS_TO_REMOVE = $(filter-out $(OBJ),$(OLD_OBJECTS))
+
+# do not clean objects from bindist modules
+ifeq (,$(filter $(MODULE),$(BIN_USEMODULE)))
+  OBJECTS_TO_REMOVE = $(filter-out $(OBJ),$(OLD_OBJECTS))
+endif
 
 $(MODULE).module compile-commands $(OBJ): | $(BINDIR)/$(MODULE)/
 
diff --git a/makefiles/vars.inc.mk b/makefiles/vars.inc.mk
index e3c9f4a7bf..a77a351f53 100644
--- a/makefiles/vars.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/vars.inc.mk
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export CXXINCLUDES           # The extra include paths for c++, set by the vario
 export NATIVEINCLUDES        # The native include paths, set by the various native Makefile.include files.
 
 export USEMODULE             # Sys Module dependencies of the application. Set in the application's Makefile.
+export BIN_USEMODULE         # Modules specific to bindist (see bindist.ink.mk). Set in the application's Makefile.
 export USEPKG                # Pkg dependencies (third party modules) of the application. Set in the application's Makefile.
 export DISABLE_MODULE        # Used in the application's Makefile to suppress DEFAULT_MODULEs.
 # APPDEPS                    # Files / Makefile targets that need to be created before the application can be build. Set in the application's Makefile.