--- smage/trunk/include/mcore-split.sminc	2010/01/04 10:53:56	44
+++ smage/trunk/include/mcore-split.sminc	2010/01/04 10:58:49	45
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@
 # global split defines
 : ${SPLIT_PACKAGES="${PNAME} ${PNAME}-dev"}
 
+# mcore keeps
+if [[ ! -z ${MCORE_KEEP} ]]
+then
+	MCORE_ZAPMOST_OPTS="${MCORE_KEEP}"
+	MCORE_DEV_RM_OPTS="${MCORE_KEEP}"
+fi
+
+# mcore keeps
+if [[ ! -z ${MCORE_DEV_KEEP} ]]
+then
+	MCORE_DEV_ZAPMOST_OPTS="${MCORE_DEV_KEEP}"
+	MCORE_RM_OPTS="${MCORE_DEV_KEEP}"
+fi
+
 mcore-split_generate_split_info()
 {
 	eval "split_info_${PNAME}()