On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 05:35:21PM +0300, Zvi Dubitzky wrote: > HI > > I understand the role of the Depends: section in the control file > information area of a .deb package - it specifies on what other > libraries ( and their minimum version) our current shared library (which > is in the current .deb file data area) depends > in order to work correctly when it is linked to an executable. This will > probably stop the current .deb from being installed until > we first install all these dependencies packages . > > But what is the role of the shlibs file ? I am reading the Debian policy > chapter 8. > Each line of shlibs is of the type : libname < major soname version > > dependency > This states that our package library ( assume it contains 1) with given > major version number needs the package specified in the dependency field > . > But this is obvious because we deal /just produced the package that > contains this library. > Or maybe this information is used later if the package was removed and > the shlibs still exist in the system to say what we need reinstall if a > binary calls an API of the library and the library is missing ( was > before ) > Can somebody clarify ? >
From: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ap-pkg-sourcepkg.html#s-pkg-dpkg-shlibdeps "... When a package is built which contains any shared libraries or compiled binaries, it must run dpkg-shlibdeps on these to determine the libraries used and hence the dependencies needed by this package." Then, when you create a package, you can put in your debian/control file: ... Depends: ${shlibs:Depends} ... See: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ap-pkg-sourcepkg.html#s-pkg-dpkg-shlibdeps See also: http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html http://wiki.debian.org/UsingSymbolsFiles > thanks > > Zvi Dubitzky > Email:[email protected] > IBM Haifa Research Laboratory Phone: +972-4-8296182 > Haifa, 31905, ISRAEL Cheers. -- Josué M. Abarca S. Vos mereces Software Libre. PGP key 4096R/70D8FB2A 2009-06-17 Huella de clave = B3ED 4984 F65A 9AE0 6511 DAF4 756B EB4B 70D8 FB2A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100813163031.gb3...@rivendel
