Provided by: debhelper_9.20160115ubuntu3_all 
NAME
dh_makeshlibs - automatically create shlibs file and call dpkg-gensymbols
SYNOPSIS
dh_makeshlibs [debhelper options] [-mmajor] [-V[dependencies]] [-n] [-Xitem] [-- params]
DESCRIPTION
dh_makeshlibs is a debhelper program that automatically scans for shared libraries, and generates a
shlibs file for the libraries it finds.
It also adds a call to ldconfig in the postinst and postrm scripts (in v3 mode and above only) to any
packages in which it finds shared libraries.
FILES
debian/package.shlibs
Installs this file, if present, into the package as DEBIAN/shlibs. If omitted, debhelper will
generate a shlibs file automatically if it detects any libraries.
Note in compat levels 9 and earlier, this file was installed by dh_installdeb(1) rather than
dh_makeshlibs.
debian/package.symbols
debian/package.symbols.arch
These symbols files, if present, are passed to dpkg-gensymbols(1) to be processed and installed. Use
the arch specific names if you need to provide different symbols files for different architectures.
OPTIONS
-mmajor, --major=major
Instead of trying to guess the major number of the library with objdump, use the major number
specified after the -m parameter. This is much less useful than it used to be, back in the bad old
days when this program looked at library filenames rather than using objdump.
-V, -Vdependencies
--version-info, --version-info=dependencies
By default, the shlibs file generated by this program does not make packages depend on any particular
version of the package containing the shared library. It may be necessary for you to add some version
dependency information to the shlibs file. If -V is specified with no dependency information, the
current upstream version of the package is plugged into a dependency that looks like "packagename (>=
packageversion)". Note that in debhelper compatibility levels before v4, the Debian part of the
package version number is also included. If -V is specified with parameters, the parameters can be
used to specify the exact dependency information needed (be sure to include the package name).
Beware of using -V without any parameters; this is a conservative setting that always ensures that
other packages' shared library dependencies are at least as tight as they need to be (unless your
library is prone to changing ABI without updating the upstream version number), so that if the
maintainer screws up then they won't break. The flip side is that packages might end up with
dependencies that are too tight and so find it harder to be upgraded.
-n, --noscripts
Do not add the "ldconfig" trigger even if it seems like the package might need it. The option is
called --noscripts for historical reasons as dh_makeshlibs would previously generate maintainer
scripts that called ldconfig.
-Xitem, --exclude=item
Exclude files that contain item anywhere in their filename or directory from being treated as shared
libraries.
--add-udeb=udeb
Create an additional line for udebs in the shlibs file and use udeb as the package name for udebs to
depend on instead of the regular library package.
-- params
Pass params to dpkg-gensymbols(1).
EXAMPLES
dh_makeshlibs
Assuming this is a package named libfoobar1, generates a shlibs file that looks something like:
libfoobar 1 libfoobar1
dh_makeshlibs -V
Assuming the current version of the package is 1.1-3, generates a shlibs file that looks something
like:
libfoobar 1 libfoobar1 (>= 1.1)
dh_makeshlibs -V 'libfoobar1 (>= 1.0)'
Generates a shlibs file that looks something like:
libfoobar 1 libfoobar1 (>= 1.0)
SEE ALSO
debhelper(7) This program is a part of debhelper.
AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>