.TH DH_SHLIBDEPS 1 "" "Debhelper Commands" "Debhelper Commands"
.SH NAME
dh_shlibdeps \- calculate shared library dependancies
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dh_shlibdeps
.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.
.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
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. Relative paths will be made absolute for the
benefit of dpkg-shlibdeps.
.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>