RFC: strip --strip-nondebug

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:

>   I am seeking comments and criticisms on the attached patch.  It adds
>   a new switch to strip:
> 
>     --strip-nondebug
> 
>   This can be used to create an output file which only contains the
>   debug information from an executable.  This would allow stripped
>   binaries to be shipped with separate debug info files, and provided
>   that the debugger supported it, they could still be debugged.

I recommend a different option name.  The other --strip* options
affect only the symbol table and the debugging information.  This new
option also affects the sections.  Maybe something like
    strip --nondebug
or
    strip --keep-debug
and don't forget
    objcopy --keep-debug

Ian