[debhelper-devel] [debhelper] 01/01: dh_strip: Strip .note and .comment from static libs

[Niels Thykier]

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commit a25dbc5e53c9221b290b017b0e0826ffa25ada0d
Author: Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net>
Date:   Thu Jul 30 21:43:37 2015 +0200

    dh_strip: Strip .note and .comment from static libs
    
    Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net>
---
 debian/changelog | 3 +++
 dh_strip         | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 650b294..5b9eae3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ debhelper (9.20150629) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     (Closes: #793443)
   * dh_strip: Always compress debug sections of debug symbols
     in ddebs.
+  * dh_strip: Strip ".comment" and ".note" sections from static
+    libraries.  Thanks to Helmut Grohne for the suggestion.
+    (Closes: #789351)
 
  -- Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net>  Sun, 28 Jun 2015 15:08:19 +0200
 
diff --git a/dh_strip b/dh_strip
index 958e150..be82691 100755
--- a/dh_strip
+++ b/dh_strip
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ foreach my $package (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
 
 	if (@static_libs) {
 		my $strip_help = qx{$strip 2>&1};
-		my @opts = ('--strip-debug');
+		my @opts = ('--strip-debug', '--remove-section=.comment',
+			'--remove-section=.note');
 		if (index($strip_help, '--enable-deterministic-archives') > -1) {
 			# NB: The short variant (-D) is broken in Jessie
 			# (binutils/2.25-3)

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