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
@@ -223,81 +223,85 @@ createFileList()
                 break;
             fi
         done
 
         if [ $containedInList = 0 ]; then
             if ! [ -e $file -o -L $file ]; then
                 echo "$self: $file not found"
                 missing=1
             fi
             realFileList=$file" $realFileList"
         fi
     done
 
     _popd
 
     if [ $missing = 1 ]; then
         return 1
     fi
 
     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
 
     if [ ! -e $2 ]; then return 1; fi
 
     if [ -e $oldfile -o -L $oldfile ]; then
         newfile=`echo $oldfile|sed -f $2|sed -e's,^/,,g'`
         olddir=`dirname $oldfile`
         base=`basename $oldfile`
         newdir=`dirname $newfile`
 
 #        echo >&2 moving $oldfile to $newfile
 
         if [ "$newdir" = "$olddir" ]; then
             return 0
         fi
 
         mkdir -p $newdir
         mv $olddir/$base $newfile
         rmdir -p $olddir 2>/dev/null
     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 $1; do
         substFile ./$f
     done
 }
 
 substAndStripFiles()
 {
     for f in $1; do
         stripFile ./$f
         substFile ./$f $2
     done
 }
 
 installScript()
 {
     if [ -n "$1" -a -f "$1" ]; then
         destfile=`basename $1`
         filetype=`echo $destfile|cut -d. -f2`
         if [ -n "$filetype" ]; then destfile=$filetype; fi