I've attached a patch that drops into debian/patches.

-- 
Richard
Index: jpeg-8d/jpegtran.1
===================================================================
--- jpeg-8d.orig/jpegtran.1	2009-12-28 13:38:22.000000000 -0600
+++ jpeg-8d/jpegtran.1	2013-06-24 16:31:39.675724530 -0500
@@ -28,7 +28,15 @@ followed by
 .B cjpeg
 to accomplish the same conversion.  But by the same token,
 .B jpegtran
-cannot perform lossy operations such as changing the image quality.
+cannot perform lossy operations such as changing the image quality.  However,
+"lossless" in this context only applies to the image data.  Extra markers can
+be (and most are by default) dropped; see the
+.B \-copy
+argument for details.  This is especially important on modern "JPEG" files,
+which are actually EXIF files; the EXIF metadata will be lost.  To avoid this,
+use
+.B exiftran
+instead.
 .PP
 .B jpegtran
 reads the named JPEG/JFIF file, or the standard input if no file is

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