#595810 please provide a way to dh_strip with --strip-debug instead of --strip-unneeded

Package:
debhelper
Source:
debhelper
Submitter:
Matthias Klose
Date:
2010-09-13 21:15:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
#595810#5
Date:
2010-09-06 19:56:18 UTC
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The jmap tool (part of openjdk-6) doesn't work when stripped with
--strip-unneeded and has to be stripped with --strip-debug. Currently there is 
no way to tell dh_strip to strip certain binaries with --strip-debug.

According to

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/574997
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530402
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541548
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530046

rpm based build systems have support for keeping the symbol table (env var
STRIP_KEEP_SYMTAB=libjvm*).  Please provide something similiar for dh_strip.
#595810#10
Date:
2010-09-13 19:42:18 UTC
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Matthias Klose wrote:

Well, you can just dh_strip -X foo and then strip foo with whatever
special options are needed.

I guess I could make options after dh_strip -- be passed on to strip,
but I don't think that would simplify the rules file much, unless
all binaries in the package need to be stripped like that.