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[debhelper.git] / dh_shlibdeps.1

diff --git a/dh_shlibdeps.1 b/dh_shlibdeps.1
index 75f31a87870f622ba90e2f3b6a90a13d41714c3a..d09967a9628fb53731919b58474f622e5d709e3e 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_shlibdeps.1
+++ b/dh_shlibdeps.1
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ dh_shlibdeps \- calculate shared library dependancies
 .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, passing it
-a list of ELF executables it has found.
+a list of ELF executables and shared libraries it has found.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B debhelper options
@@ -23,13 +22,14 @@ 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 
+.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 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
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ Before
 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. Note that the paths used must be absolute or
+dpkg-shlibdeps will become confused.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 See
 .BR debhelper (1)