-It also adds a call to ldconfig in the postinst and postrm scripts (in
-V3 mode and above only) to any packages in which it finds shared libraries.
+It also adds a call to ldconfig in the F<postinst> and F<postrm> scripts (in
+v3 mode and above only) to any packages in which it finds shared libraries.
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.
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.
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
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
-dependency that looks like "packagename (>= packageversion)". Note that in
-debhelper compatibility levels before v4, the debian part of the package
-version number is also included. If -V is specified with parameters, the
+dependency that looks like "I<packagename> B<(=E<gt>> I<packageversion>B<)>". Note that in
+debhelper compatibility levels before v4, the Debian part of the package
+version number is also included. If B<-V> is specified with parameters, the
parameters can be used to specify the exact dependency information needed
(be sure to include the package name).
parameters can be used to specify the exact dependency information needed
(be sure to include the package name).
that always ensures that other packages' shared library dependencies are at
least as tight as they need to be (unless your library is prone to changing
ABI without updating the upstream version number), so that if the
that always ensures that other packages' shared library dependencies are at
least as tight as they need to be (unless your library is prone to changing
ABI without updating the upstream version number), so that if the
Assuming the current version of the package is 1.1-3, generates a shlibs
file that looks something like:
libfoobar 1 libfoobar1 (>= 1.1)
Assuming the current version of the package is 1.1-3, generates a shlibs
file that looks something like:
libfoobar 1 libfoobar1 (>= 1.1)
doit("rm", "-f", "$tmp/DEBIAN/shlibs");
# So, we look for files or links to existing files with names that
doit("rm", "-f", "$tmp/DEBIAN/shlibs");
# So, we look for files or links to existing files with names that
# symlinks, so we don't accidentually add shlibs data to -dev
# packages. This may have a few false positives, which is ok,
# because only if we can get a library name and a major number from
# objdump is anything actually added.
my $exclude='';
# symlinks, so we don't accidentually add shlibs data to -dev
# packages. This may have a few false positives, which is ok,
# because only if we can get a library name and a major number from
# objdump is anything actually added.
my $exclude='';
if (defined($dh{EXCLUDE_FIND}) && $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} ne '') {
$exclude="! \\( $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} \\) ";
}
open (FIND, "find $tmp -type f \\( -name '*.so' -or -name '*.so.*' \\) $exclude |");
while (<FIND>) {
my ($library, $major);
if (defined($dh{EXCLUDE_FIND}) && $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} ne '') {
$exclude="! \\( $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} \\) ";
}
open (FIND, "find $tmp -type f \\( -name '*.so' -or -name '*.so.*' \\) $exclude |");
while (<FIND>) {
my ($library, $major);
# -I is used rather than using dpkg-gensymbols
# own search for symbols files, since that search
# is not 100% compatible with debhelper. (For example,
# this supports --ignore being used.)
doit("dpkg-gensymbols", "-p$package", "-I$symbols",
# -I is used rather than using dpkg-gensymbols
# own search for symbols files, since that search
# is not 100% compatible with debhelper. (For example,
# this supports --ignore being used.)
doit("dpkg-gensymbols", "-p$package", "-I$symbols",
if (-s "$tmp/DEBIAN/symbols" == 0) {
doit("rm", "-f", "$tmp/DEBIAN/symbols");
}
if (-s "$tmp/DEBIAN/symbols" == 0) {
doit("rm", "-f", "$tmp/DEBIAN/symbols");
}