=item -
+B<dh_strip> compresses debugging symbol files to reduce the installed
+size of -dbg packages.
+
+=item -
+
B<dh_auto_configure> does not include the source package name
in --libexecdir when using autoconf.
+debhelper (8.9.10) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * dh_strip: In v9, pass --compress-debug-sections to objcopy.
+ Needs a new enough binutils and gdb; debhelper backport
+ may need to disable this.
+ Thanks, Aurelien Jarno and Bastien ROUCARIES. Closes: #631985
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:50:30 -0400
+
debhelper (8.9.9) unstable; urgency=low
* dh_auto_build: Use target architecture (not host architecture)
if (! -d $debug_dir) {
doit("install", "-d", $debug_dir);
}
- doit($objcopy, "--only-keep-debug", $file, $debug_path);
+ if(compat(8)) {
+ doit($objcopy, "--only-keep-debug", $file, $debug_path);
+ }
+ else {
+ doit($objcopy, "--only-keep-debug --compress-debug-sections", $file, $debug_path);
+ }
# No reason for this to be executable.
doit("chmod", 644, $debug_path);
return $debug_path;