2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d634f5a6..4da5f488 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 debhelper (8.9.7) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
+  * dh: Don't bother running dh_shlibdebs, dh_makeshelibs, or dh_strip
+    for the binary target when all packages being acted on are indep.
   * debhelper no longer build-depends on man-db, to ease bootstrapping.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:18:01 -0400
diff --git a/dh b/dh
index c66d987b..b86e36ad 100755
--- a/dh
+++ b/dh
@@ -422,6 +422,9 @@ my @ba=qw{
 	dh_makeshlibs
 	dh_shlibdeps
 };
+if (! getpackages("arch")) {
+	@ba=();
+}
 my @b=qw{
 	dh_installdeb
 	dh_gencontrol