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Bug#256900: Ocaml compiled programs cannot be stripped



On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 01:51:20PM +0200, Sylvain Le Gall wrote:
> The solution we discussed was to find a test that can tell us what
> binaries are "ocamlc -custom" executable. If we can find them, we can
> warn packager that it should be rebuild without the deprecated option.
> To detect these files we must have a very simple script, lets call it
> "ocaml-custom-detect". The best option is that this script will be
> written using "sh" or "perl" (maybe having an ocaml executable is
> also be ok, we must see what is the easiest way). 

Rather than being a standalone script, it should obviously be a lintian
test (which in turn suggests it should be written in Perl). lintian is
exactly the place where this kind of tests should be put.

Cheers.

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