Package: debhelper
Version: 8.9.7
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Here's a patch to make dh_strip use build-id if compat is >=9. Please
note that this requires relatively new binutils to work as expected, but
that shouldn't be a big deal, since it'll just fall back to the old
path-based schema if build-id cannot be extracted.
--
Jakub Wilk
diff --git a/dh_strip b/dh_strip
--- a/dh_strip
+++ b/dh_strip
@@ -161,7 +161,15 @@
return unless get_file_type($file) =~ /not stripped/;
my ($base_file)=$file=~/^\Q$tmp\E(.*)/;
- my $debug_path=$desttmp."/usr/lib/debug/".$base_file;
+ my $debug_path;
+ if (! compat(8)) {
+ my $elfnotes=`readelf -n $file`;
+ $debug_path=$desttmp."/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/$1/$2.debug"
+ if $elfnotes=~/^\s+Build ID: ([0-9a-f]{2})([0-9a-f]+)$/m;
+ }
+ if (! defined($debug_path)) {
+ $debug_path=$desttmp."/usr/lib/debug/".$base_file;
+ }
my $debug_dir=dirname($debug_path);
if (! -d $debug_dir) {
doit("install", "-d", $debug_dir);
