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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/dh_shlibdeps.1 b/dh_shlibdeps.1 index 6ced958c..d09967a9 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] [-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) |