r389: * Completed the fix from the last version.

[debhelper.git] / dh_shlibdeps.1

diff --git a/dh_shlibdeps.1 b/dh_shlibdeps.1
index 5e01d0864ac0a289668cc232dd2ce0585648dc10..6ced958ca1dbe3f1af89b9f607d7a6c0e56d61d0 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] [-uparams] [-ldirectory]"
+.I "[debhelper options] [-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
@@ -20,16 +20,19 @@ See
 for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
 .TP
 .B \-uparams, \--dpkg-shlibdeps-params=params
-Pass "params" to 
+.TP
+.B \-\- params
+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.
+This option is ignored, for backwards compatability.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 See
 .BR debhelper (1)
@@ -42,4 +45,4 @@ 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>