deb-shlibs(5)

NAME

   deb-shlibs - Debian shared library information file

DESCRIPTION

   shlibs  files  map  shared  library  names  and  versions  (sonames) to
   dependencies suitable for a package control file.  There is  one  entry
   per  line.  Blank  lines  are  not  allowed.  Lines beginning with an #
   character are considered commentary, and are ignored.  All other  lines
   must have the format

          [type:] library version dependencies

   The  library  and  version  fields  are  whitespace-delimited,  but the
   dependencies field extends to the end of the line.  The type  field  is
   optional and normally not needed.

   The  dependencies  field  has the same syntax as the Depends field in a
   binary control file, see deb-control(5).

EXAMPLES

   The shlibs file for a typical library package, named  libcrunch1,  that
   provides one library whose soname is libcrunch.so.1, might read

          libcrunch 1 libcrunch1 (>= 1.2-1)

   The  dependencies  must  mention the most recent version of the package
   that added new symbols to  the  library:  in  the  above  example,  new
   symbols  were  added to version 1.2 of libcrunch.  This is not the only
   reason the dependencies might need to be tightened.

SEE ALSO

   deb-control(5), dpkg-shlibdeps(1), deb-symbols(5).

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