NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       dh_makeshlibs - automatically create shlibs file

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       dh_makeshlibs [debhelper options] [-mmajor] [-V[dependancies]] [-n]
       [-Xitem]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       dh_makeshlibs is a debhelper program that automatically scans for
       shared libraries, and generates a shlibs file for the libraries it
       finds.

       It also adds a call to ldconfig in the postinst and postrm scripts (in
       V3 mode and above only) to any packages which it finds shared libraries
       in.

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       -mmajor, --major=major
	   Instead of trying to guess the major number of the library with
	   objdump, use the major number specified after the -m parameter.
	   This is much less useful than it used to be, back in the bad old
	   days when this program looked at library filenames rather than
	   using objdump.

       -V, -Vdependancies
       --version-info, --version-info=dependancies
	   By default, the shlibs file generated by this program does not make
	   packages depend on any particular version of the package containing
	   the shared library. It may be necessary for you to add some version
	   dependancy information to the shlibs file. If -V is specified with
	   no dependancy information, the current version of the package is
	   plugged into a dependancy that looks like "packagename (>= packageversion)".
 If -V is specified with parameters, the parameters
	   can be used to specify the exact dependancy information needed (be
	   sure to include the package name).

	   Beware of using -V without any parameters; this is a conservative
	   setting that always ensures that other packages' shared library
	   dependencies are at least as tight as they need to be, so that if
	   the maintainer screws up then they won't break. The flip side is
	   that packages might end up with dependencies that are too tight and
	   so find it harder to be upgraded.

       -n, --noscripts
	   Do not modify postinst/postrm scripts.

       -Xitem, --exclude=item
	   Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from
	   being treated as shared libraries.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

	dh_makeshlibs

       Assuming this is a package named libfoobar1, generates a shlibs file
       that looks something like:
	libfoobar 1 libfoobar1

	dh_makeshlibs -V

       Assuming the current version of the package is 1.0-3, generates a
       shlibs file that looks something like:
	libfoobar 1 libfoobar1 (>= 1.0-3)

	dh_makeshlibs -V 'libfoobar1 (>= 1.0)'

       Generates a shlibs file that looks something like:
	 libfoobar 1 libfoobar1 (>= 1.0)

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       debhelper(1)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>



3rd Berkeley Distribution	  2002-01-27		      DH_MAKESHLIBS(1)