deb-shlibs(5)							    dpkg suite							     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).

1.19.0.5							    2018-04-16							     deb-shlibs(5)