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dh_shlibdeps \- calculate shared library dependancies
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dh_shlibdeps
-.I "[debhelper options] [-uparams] [-Xitem] [-- 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 packages.
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@ This may be useful in some situations, but use it with caution. This option
may be used more than once to exclude more than one thing.
.TP
.B \-ldirectory
-This option is ignored, for backwards compatability.
+Before
+.BR dpkg-shlibdeps (1)
+is run, LD_LIBRARY_PATH will be set to the specified directory.
+This is useful for multi-binary packages where a library
+is built in one package and another package contains binaries linked
+against said library. Note that the paths used must be absolute or
+dpkg-shlibdeps will become confused.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
See
.BR debhelper (1)