debian man page for deb-shlibs

deb-shlibs(5)							  dpkg utilities						     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).  See also the  Debian  Policy
       Manual for further details.

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 sym-
       bols were added to version 1.2 of libcrunch.  This is not the only reason the dependencies might need  to  be  tightened;  again,  see  the
       Debian Policy Manual for details.

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

Debian Project							    2012-02-08							     deb-shlibs(5)