Thanks Ashley, that did work, though I must say that %define __strip
/bin/true is NOT very intuitive!
I did get my symbols in the needed libraries, but unfortunately, at
least for the compiler I used to build, I still have a typedef
undefined, and that also prevents that method of launching
This is a standard rpm feature although like most things it can be disabled.
According to this mail and it's replies the two %defines below will prevent
striping and the building of debuginfo rpms.
http://lists.rpm.org/pipermail/rpm-list/2009-January/000122.html
%define debug_package %{nil}
%d