Description of Problem:

Using rpm-build-4.0.4-7x.5.i386.rpm, ELF binaries aren't being stripped anymore. (I may be wrong and the fault may be binutils-2.11.92.0.12-10.i386.rpm.) It's not "file"'s mistake, as I checked some packaged binaries with different versions of "file", e.g. on Solaris.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

rpm-build-4.0.4-7x.5.i386.rpm

How Reproducible:

always so far, seemingly also with RedHat's RawHide build system

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rpm -bb <your spec file>
2. rpm -Uvh <your resulting binary RPM>
3. file /usr/bin/<your binaries>

Actual Results:

Your binaries are not classifed as stripped ("file" says: "not stripped").

Expected Results:

Your binaries should be stripped.

Additional Information:
	
I noticed by chance while trying rpmlint for the first time and getting "non-stripped-binary" errors, both with packages of my own and e.g RawHide's ImageMagick-5.4.3.5-1.i386.rpm. The "file" commands confirms rpmlint's hints.

./usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip calls "strip -g" on detected ELF binaries. This seems insufficient in terms of what "file" believes is "stripped". There may be a design decision for this "debug symbol stripping only", but I don't know, so I'm reporting.  ;-)  (I couldn't find anything in CHANGES.)

I've put the prio to "high" because the whole distribution is affected by your build system. :)

Thanks for listening,
Moritz   :-)