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.

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/dh_shlibdeps b/dh_shlibdeps
index 3fec714c..f6ae235e 100755
--- 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 366ceefd..75f31a87 100644
--- 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)