On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 05:43:37PM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > So, don't use dh_strip. dh_strip is a simple tool for simple > > configurations; if you have one binary you need stripped, and one binary > > you need left alone, and dh_strip doesn't do the trick, call strip > > yourself.
> > strip --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note path/to/foo.opt > Yes, this is the obvious solution, but if someone will change the > behaviour of "standard" debian stripping (e.g. add another > --remove-section argument) I have to change my "strip" invocation. > That's it. > BTW, this is a shared problem between all debhelper programs that > support "-X" flag (I think almost all), why does not exists the > possibility to use a list of file that have to be stripped like a > debian/strip file? Oh, well, if you think debhelper needs improving, you can always submit a patch. :) But until your patch is included, calling strip by hand is the only way to have a policy-compliant package. Incidentally, is there a reason that the bytecode version stores important information in the sections that are stripped? It seems to me that this is a bug in the package's build sequence or in the compiler. Or is it a file format that can't be stripped, which dh_strip is trying to act on anyways (which would be a bug in debhelper)? Cheers, Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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