.TH DH_SHLIBDEPS 1 "" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
.SH NAME
dh_shlibdeps \- calculate shared library dependancies
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dh_shlibdeps
.I "[debhelper options] [-uparams] [-Xitem] [-- params]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
dh_shlibdeps is a debhelper program that is responsible for calculating
shared library dependancies for packages.
.P
This program is merely a wrapper around
.BR dpkg-shlibdeps (1)
that calls it once for each package listed in the control file, passing it
a list of ELF executables and shared libraries it has found.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B debhelper options
See
.BR debhelper (1)
for a list of options common to all debhelper commands.
.TP
.B \-uparams, \--dpkg-shlibdeps-params=params
.TP
.B \-\- params
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. This option
may be used more than once to exclude more than one thing.
.TP
.B \-ldirectory
This option is ignored, for backwards compatability.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
See
.BR debhelper (1)
for a list of environment variables that affect all debhelper commands.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.TP
.BR debhelper (1)
.TP
.BR dpkg-shlibdeps (1)
.SH "CONFORMS TO"
Debian policy, version 3.0.1
.SH AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>