Add --as-needed to linker flags; remove extraneous comment from debian/rules

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9b15344..780754e 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 # -*- makefile -*-
-# Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper.
 # This file was originally written by Joey Hess and Craig Small.
 # As a special exception, when this file is copied by dh-make into a
 # dh-make output file, you may use that output file without restriction.
@@ -9,6 +8,9 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
+# Avoid overlinking and reduce library dependencies.
+export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
+
 %:
 	dh $@  --with autotools-dev