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@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ Therefore, if you have defined any environment variables that override
default optimizations, such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, we recommend un-setting
or modifying them when building Binutils.</para>
+<para>The current version of Binutils in use has a bug that causes strip to
+remove necessary information from certain library files. This patch fixes
+the problem:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../binutils-&binutils-version;-fix_strip-1.patc
+h</userinput></screen>
+
<para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the
source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>