1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/mkipkg b/scripts/mkipkg
index a336371..2f020f4 100755
--- a/scripts/mkipkg
+++ b/scripts/mkipkg
@@ -241,14 +241,14 @@ createFileList()
 
     setVar $2 "$realFileList"
 }
 
 stripFile()
 {
-    if [ -f $1 -a -x $1 ]; then
-        $strip --strip-all $1
+    if [ ! -h $1 -a -f $1 -a -x $1 ]; then
+     $strip -p --strip-all $1
     fi
 }
 
 substFile()
 {
     local oldfile=$1
@@ -273,13 +273,17 @@ substFile()
     fi
 }
 
 stripFiles()
 {
     for f in $1; do
-        stripFile ./$f
+        # do not strip links
+        if [ ! -h ./$f ]
+        then
+          stripFile ./$f
+        fi
     done
 }
 
 substFiles()
 {
     for f in $1; do