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6 deb-symbols - Debian's extended shared library information file
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12 The format for an extended shared library dependency information entry
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15 <library soname> <main dependency template>
16 [ | <alternative dependency template> ]
17 [ ... ]
18 [ * <field-name>: <field value> ]
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20 <symbol> <minimal version>[ <id of dependency template> ]
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22 The library soname is exactly the value of the SONAME field as exported
23 by objdump(1). A dependency template is a dependency where #MINVER# is
24 dynamically replaced either by a version check like "(>= minimal ver‐
25 sion)" or by nothing (if an unversioned dependency is deemed suffi‐
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28 Each exported symbol (listed as name@version, with version being "Base"
29 if the library is not versioned) is associated to a minimal version of
30 its dependency template (the main dependency template is used if id of
31 dependency template is not present). The first alternative dependency
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34 Each entry for a library can also have some fields of meta-information.
35 Those fields are stored on lines starting with an asterisk. Currently,
36 the only valid field is Build-Depends-Package, it indicates the name of
37 the "-dev" package associated to the library and is used by dpkg-shlib‐
38 deps to make sure that the dependency generated is at least as strict
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42 Simple symbols file
43 libftp.so.3 libftp3 #MINVER#
44 DefaultNetbuf@Base 3.1-1-6
45 FtpAccess@Base 3.1-1-6
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48 Advanced symbols file
49 libGL.so.1 libgl1
50 | libgl1-mesa-glx #MINVER#
51 * Build-Depends-Package: libgl1-mesa-dev
52 publicGlSymbol@Base 6.3-1
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54 implementationSpecificSymbol@Base 6.5.2-7 1
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59 dpkg-shlibdeps(1), dpkg-gensymbols(1).
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