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19 .TH deb\-shlibs 5 "%RELEASE_DATE%" "%VERSION%" "dpkg suite"
22 deb\-shlibs \- Debian shared library information file
27 files map shared library names and versions
29 to dependencies suitable for a package control file. There is one
30 entry per line. Blank lines are \fBnot\fP allowed. Lines beginning
31 with an \fB#\fP character are considered commentary, and are ignored.
32 All other lines must have the format
39 The \fIlibrary\fP and \fIversion\fP fields are whitespace-delimited,
40 but the \fIdependencies\fP field extends to the end of the line. The
41 \fItype\fP field is optional and normally not needed.
43 The \fIdependencies\fP field has the same syntax as the \fBDepends\fP
44 field in a binary control file, see \fBdeb\-control\fP(5).
50 file for a typical library package, named
52 that provides one library whose soname is
56 libcrunch 1 libcrunch1 (>= 1.2-1)
58 The \fIdependencies\fP
59 must mention the most recent version of the package that added new
60 symbols to the library: in the above example, new symbols were added to
63 This is not the only reason the dependencies might need to be
68 .BR dpkg\-shlibdeps (1),