qmake (from Qt 3) creates makefiles by default that strip all executables during installation. The generated rule looks like this: install_target: all @$(CHK_DIR_EXISTS) "$(INSTALL_ROOT)/lib64/" || $(MKDIR) "$(INSTALL_ROOT)/lib64/" -$(INSTALL_FILE) "$(QMAKE_TARGET)" "$(INSTALL_ROOT)/lib64/$(QMAKE_TARGET)" -strip "$(INSTALL_ROOT)/lib64/$(QMAKE_TARGET)" This results in portage issuing a QA message during the emerge about "pre-stripped executables found" (portage wants to strip the executables itself). qt3.eclass should set the following option during qmake invocation: QMAKE_STRIP= just like qt4.eclass does.
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