--- rpm-4.10.0/macros.in	2012-06-11 11:16:21.216952339 +0200
+++ rpm-4.10.0/macros.in.minidebug	2012-06-11 11:16:23.686912455 +0200
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ 
 #	the script.  See the script for details.
 #
 %__debug_install_post   \
-   %{_rpmconfigdir}/find-debuginfo.sh %{?_missing_build_ids_terminate_build:--strict-build-id} %{?_find_debuginfo_dwz_opts} %{?_find_debuginfo_opts} "%{_builddir}/%{?buildsubdir}"\
+   %{_rpmconfigdir}/find-debuginfo.sh %{?_missing_build_ids_terminate_build:--strict-build-id} %{?_include_minidebuginfo:-m} %{?_find_debuginfo_dwz_opts} %{?_find_debuginfo_opts} "%{_builddir}/%{?buildsubdir}"\
 %{nil}
 
 #	Template for debug information sub-package.
@@ -418,6 +418,12 @@ package or when debugging this package.\
 #%_missing_build_ids_terminate_build	1
 
 #
+# Include minimal debug information in build binaries.
+# Requires _enable_debug_packages.
+#
+#%_include_minidebuginfo	1
+
+#
 # Use internal dependency generator rather than external helpers?
 %_use_internal_dependency_generator	1
 
--- rpm-4.10.0/scripts/find-debuginfo.sh	2012-06-11 11:16:09.698138273 +0200
+++ rpm-4.10.0/scripts/find-debuginfo.sh.minidebug	2012-06-11 11:16:13.399078526 +0200
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ 
 #find-debuginfo.sh - automagically generate debug info and file list
 #for inclusion in an rpm spec file.
 #
-# Usage: find-debuginfo.sh [--strict-build-id] [-g] [-r]
+# Usage: find-debuginfo.sh [--strict-build-id] [-g] [-r] [-m]
 #	 		   [-o debugfiles.list]
 #			   [--run-dwz] [--dwz-low-mem-die-limit N]
 #			   [--dwz-max-die-limit N]
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ strip_g=false
 # with -r arg, pass --reloc-debug-sections to eu-strip.
 strip_r=false
 
+# with -m arg, add minimal debuginfo to binary.
+include_minidebug=false
+
 # Barf on missing build IDs.
 strict=false
 
@@ -43,6 +46,9 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
   -g)
     strip_g=true
     ;;
+  -m)
+    include_minidebug=true
+    ;;
   -o)
     if [ -z "${lists[$nout]}" -a -z "${ptns[$nout]}" ]; then
       out=$2
@@ -105,6 +111,32 @@ strip_to_debug()
   chmod 444 "$1" || exit
 }
 
+add_minidebug()
+{
+  local debuginfo="$1"
+  local binary="$2"
+
+  local dynsyms=`mktemp`
+  local funcsyms=`mktemp`
+  local keep_symbols=`mktemp`
+  local mini_debuginfo=`mktemp`
+
+  # Extract the dynamic symbols from the main binary, there is no need to also have these
+  # in the normal symbol table
+  nm -D "$binary" --format=posix --defined-only | awk '{ print $1 }' | sort > "$dynsyms"
+  # Extract all the text (i.e. function) symbols from the debuginfo 
+  nm "$debuginfo" --format=posix --defined-only | awk '{ if ($2 == "T" || $2 == "t") print $1 }' | sort > "$funcsyms"
+  # Keep all the function symbols not already in the dynamic symbol table
+  comm -13 "$dynsyms" "$funcsyms" > "$keep_symbols"
+  # Copy the full debuginfo, keeping only a minumal set of symbols and removing some unnecessary sections
+  objcopy -S --remove-section .gdb_index --remove-section .comment --keep-symbols="$keep_symbols" "$debuginfo" "$mini_debuginfo" &> /dev/null
+  #Inject the compressed data into the .gnu_debugdata section of the original binary
+  xz "$mini_debuginfo"
+  mini_debuginfo="${mini_debuginfo}.xz"
+  objcopy --add-section .gnu_debugdata="$mini_debuginfo" "$binary"
+  rm -f "$dynsyms" "$funcsyms" "$keep_symbols" "$mini_debuginfo"
+}
+
 # Make a relative symlink to $1 called $3$2
 shopt -s extglob
 link_relative()
@@ -260,6 +292,9 @@ while read nlinks inum f; do
     chmod u-w "$f"
   fi
 
+  # strip -g implies we have full symtab, don't add mini symtab in that case.
+  $strip_g || ($include_minidebug && add_minidebug "${debugfn}" "$f")
+  
   if [ -n "$id" ]; then
     make_id_link "$id" "$dn/$(basename $f)"
     make_id_link "$id" "/usr/lib/debug$dn/$bn" .debug