.TH DH_STRIP 1
.SH NAME
dh_strip \- strip executables, shared libraries, and some static libraries.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dh_strip
.I "[-v] [-a] [-i] [-ppackage]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
dh_strip is a debhelper program that is responsible for stripping
executables, shared libraries, and static libraries that are not used for
debugging.
.P
It assumes that files that have names like lib*_g.a are static libraries
used in debugging, and will not strip them.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-v
Verbose mode; show all commands that modify the package build directory.
.TP
.B \-a
Strip files in all architecture dependent packages.
.TP
.B \-i
Strip files in all architecture independent packages (likely, this is
pointless :-).
.TP
.B \-ppackage
Strip files for the package named "package".
.SH NOTES
The
.B \-a
.B \-i
and
.B \-p
arguments are cumulative. If none are specified, then all packages listed in
the control file will have their files stripped.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.I DH_VERBOSE
Enables verbose mode
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR /usr/doc/debhelper/README
.SH "CONFORMS TO"
Debian policy, version 2.3.0.0
.SH AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>