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Hello,

On Sun 28 Oct 2018 at 03:51PM GMT, Niels Thykier wrote:

>>  .. [#]
>> -   You might also want to use the options ``--remove-section=.comment``
>> -   and ``--remove-section=.note`` on both shared libraries and
>> -   executables, and ``--strip-debug`` on static libraries.
>> +   You might also want to use the option ``--strip-debug`` on static
>> +   libraries.
>>
>
> For static libraries, you want to use --strip-debug *instead* of
> --strip-unneeded (as opposed to "also" as the text implies) AFAICT.  At
> least, debhelper always used --strip-debug without --strip-unneeded on
> static libraries.
>
> Note that for static libraries, it might be prudent to remind people to
> use "-D" / "--enable-deterministic-archives" to ensure a deterministic
> result (and thereby comply with the policy's recommendation to support
> reproducible builds).

I've updated the footnote.  Thanks.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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