On Wed, 12 Nov 1997 18:56:10 -0800 
 Matthew Jacob <mjacob@ns.feral.com> wrote:

 > src/usr.bin/xinstall/pathnames.h defines the default strip
 > program (_PATH_STRIP) as /usr/bin/strip. That is execl'd.
 > If the environment variable STRIP is set, this is used.

Right, as far as I know, it's _always_ been /usr/bin/strip.  I.e. the
default has always been that you need to have "/usr/bin/strip".  This
behavior has not changed, that I can recall.

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