NAME

       deb-shlibs - Debian shared library information file

DESCRIPTION

       shlibs  files  map  shared  library  names  and versions (sonames) to dependencies suitable for a package
       control file.  There is one entry per line. Blank lines are not  allowed.   Lines  beginning  with  an  #
       character are considered commentary, and are ignored.  All other lines must have the format

              [type:] library version dependencies

       The library and version fields are whitespace-delimited, but the dependencies field extends to the end of
       the line.  The type field is optional and normally not needed.

       The  dependencies  field  has  the  same  syntax  as  the  Depends  field  in  a binary control file, see
       deb-control(5).

EXAMPLES

       The shlibs file for a typical library package, named libcrunch1, that provides one library  whose  soname
       is libcrunch.so.1, might read

              libcrunch 1 libcrunch1 (>= 1.2-1)

       The  dependencies  must  mention  the  most  recent  version of the package that added new symbols to the
       library: in the above example, new symbols were added to version 1.2 of libcrunch.  This is not the  only
       reason the dependencies might need to be tightened.

SEE ALSO

       deb-control(5), dpkg-shlibdeps(1), deb-symbols(5).

1.19.7                                             2022-05-25                                      deb-shlibs(5)