Source: file Version: 5.10-1As per Policy 10.1, "any binaries created should include debugging information, as well as being compiled with optimization".
Binaries built by file are neither built with optimization nor they include debugging information (even when built with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nostrip).
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