Package: debian-policy Version: 3.7.3 Tags: patch Debian Policy Section 10.1 contains the following makefile snippet in regards to using the 'nostrip' option. ifeq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS))) INSTALL_PROGRAM += -s endif It should be: ifneq (,$(findstring nostrip,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS))) INSTALL_PROGRAM += -s endif -- Regards, Andres Mejia