r317: * Added -X option, which makes it not examine some files. This is useful in

rare cases. Closes: #51100
* Always pass "-dDepends" before the list of files, which makes it easier to
specify other -d parameters in the uparams, and doesn't otherwise change the
result at all.

diff --git a/dh_shlibdeps b/dh_shlibdeps
index 3fec714ceeb05b3fa7e74cfb10e028fa42331ae0..f6ae235ee899bf2e3288293bf71d4d8ca7f03cfb 100755 (executable)
--- a/dh_shlibdeps
+++ b/dh_shlibdeps
@@ -13,8 +13,15 @@ foreach $PACKAGE (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
        my @filelist;
        my $ff;
 
-       # Generate a list of all ELF binaries in the package.
-       foreach $file (split(/\n/,`find $TMP -type f \\( -perm +111 -or -name "*.so*" \\)`)) {
+       # Generate a list of ELF binaries in the package, ignoring any
+       # we were told to exclude.
+       if (! defined($dh{EXCLUDE_FIND}) || $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} eq '') {
+               $find_options="";
+       }
+       else {
+               $find_options="! \\( $dh{EXCLUDE_FIND} \\)";
+       }
+       foreach $file (split(/\n/,`find $TMP -type f \\( -perm +111 -or -name "*.so*" \\) $find_options`)) {
                # TODO: this is slow, optimize. Ie, file can run once on multiple files..
                $ff=`file "$file"`;
                if ($ff=~m/ELF/ && $ff!~/statically linked/) {
@@ -27,6 +34,6 @@ foreach $PACKAGE (@{$dh{DOPACKAGES}}) {
        }
 
        if (@filelist) {
-               doit("dpkg-shlibdeps","-Tdebian/$EXT\substvars",@{$dh{U_PARAMS}},@filelist);
+               doit("dpkg-shlibdeps","-Tdebian/$EXT\substvars",@{$dh{U_PARAMS}},'-dDepends',@filelist);
        }
 }

diff --git a/dh_shlibdeps.1 b/dh_shlibdeps.1
index 366ceefd0e7a13c1edc4132c8da8e2e4beeaacbf..75f31a87870f622ba90e2f3b6a90a13d41714c3a 100644 (file)
--- a/dh_shlibdeps.1
+++ b/dh_shlibdeps.1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 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
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ directory.
 .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 it has found.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B debhelper options
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
 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.
+.TP
 .B \-ldirectory
 Before
 .BR dpkg-shlibdeps (1)