Host strip corrupts cross-built binaries

Hi folks

apparently some tool calls "strip" instead of "$triplet-strip" when cross-building; this is something we shall fix, but it is apparently corrupting the binaries in some cases: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/615765

It seems the ELF architecture isn't set properly, or so I'm told.

Which component is to blame here? Are we looking at a binutils or a gcc bug for not being able to set or read enough data that the architecture mismatch isn't detected? What could we do about it?

Thanks!