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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>