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NAME
       dh_makeshlibs - automatically create shlibs file

SYNOPSIS
       dh_makeshlibs [debhelper options] [-mmajor] [-V[dependan-
       cies]] [-n] [-Xitem]

DESCRIPTION
       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
       -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 pro-
           gram 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 ver-
           sion of the package containing the shared library. It
           may be necessary for you to add some version depen-
           dancy information to the shlibs file. If -V is speci-
           fied with no dependancy information, the current ver-
           sion 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
        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, gen-
       erates 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
       debhelper(r)

       This program is a part of debhelper.

AUTHOR
       Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>



4.0.2                       2002-01-27           DH_MAKESHLIBS(S)