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
@@ -245,6 +245,6 @@ createFileList()
 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
 }
@@ -277,5 +277,9 @@ stripFiles()
 {
     for f in $1; do
-        stripFile ./$f
+        # do not strip links
+        if [ ! -h ./$f ]
+        then
+          stripFile ./$f
+        fi
     done
 }