Subject: gdbm fails to cross build using xdeb
Package: gdbm
Version: 1.8.3
Severity: wishlist

Some strips fail to recognize binaries of other architectures

Passing the correct strip for the target architecture, as in the patch below,
prevents this failure
---
diff -Nru gdbm-1.8.3/debian/rules gdbm-1.8.3-9/debian/rules
--- gdbm-1.8.3/debian/rules     2010-11-15 10:42:09.000000000 +0000
+++ gdbm-1.8.3-9/debian/rules   2010-10-15 11:10:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE     := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)
 DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE      := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)

-STRIP=strip --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note
+STRIP=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)-strip --remove-section=.comment --remove-
section=.note

 install_dir=install -d -m 755
 install_file=install -m 644



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers maverick-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'maverick-updates'), (500, 'maverick-security'),
(500, 'maverick-proposed'), (500, 'maverick-backports'), (500,
'maverick')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash



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