r415: * dh_shlibdeps -l can handle relative paths now. Patch from Colin Watson

[debhelper.git] / dh_shlibdeps.1

diff --git a/dh_shlibdeps.1 b/dh_shlibdeps.1
index 20427969f9a07d252dfb2f2755b010fbe4e4b93d..14e56b0211ec903bd284e4e6bae146ed6c8d26fa 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_shlibdeps.1
+++ b/dh_shlibdeps.1
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@
 dh_shlibdeps \- calculate shared library dependancies
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dh_shlibdeps
-.I "[debhelper options] [-ldirectory] [-uparams] [-- params]"
+.I "[debhelper options] [-ldirectory] [-uparams] [-Xitem] [-- params]"
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 dh_shlibdeps is a debhelper program that is responsible for calculating
-shared library dependancies for all executables found in the package build
-directory.
+shared library dependancies for packages.
 .P
 This program is merely a wrapper around
 .BR dpkg-shlibdeps (1)
-that calls it once for each package listed in the control file.
+that calls it once for each package listed in the control file, passing it
+a list of ELF executables and shared libraries it has found.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B debhelper options
@@ -22,16 +22,23 @@ for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
 .B \-uparams, \--dpkg-shlibdeps-params=params
 .TP
 .B \-\- params
-Pass "params" to 
+Pass "params" to
 .BR dpkg-shlibdeps (1)
 .TP
+.B \-Xitem, \--exclude=item
+Exclude files that contain "item" anywhere in their filename from being
+passed to dpkg-shlibdeps. This will make their dependancies be ignored.
+This may be useful in some situations, but use it with caution. This option
+may be used more than once to exclude more than one thing.
+.TP
 .B \-ldirectory
 Before
 .BR dpkg-shlibdeps (1)
 is run, LD_LIBRARY_PATH will be set to the specified directory.
 This is useful for multi-binary packages where a library
 is built in one package and another package contains binaries linked
-against said library.
+against said library. Relative paths will be made absolute for the
+benefit of dpkg-shlibdeps.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 See
 .BR debhelper (1)
@@ -44,4 +51,4 @@ for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
 .SH "CONFORMS TO"
 Debian policy, version 3.0.1
 .SH AUTHOR
-Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
+Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>