Don't forcibly strip binaries, we do so on our own. Also using strip rather than $(STRIP) is bad when cross-compiling. Patch status: notified upstream. Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias diff -Nura lft-3.74.orig/Makefile.in lft-3.74/Makefile.in --- lft-3.74.orig/Makefile.in 2016-05-03 14:11:30.965530923 -0300 +++ lft-3.74/Makefile.in 2016-05-03 14:11:42.120918849 -0300 @@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ install: lft lft.8 whob whob.8 @echo "LFT and WhoB" - @echo " \_Stripping binaries" - @strip lft whob @echo " \_Copying files to their intended destinations" @test -d $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/. || $(MKDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) $(INSTALL) lft $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/lft