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deb-symbols(5) dpkg suite deb-symbols(5)
deb-symbols - Debian's extended shared library information file
symbols
The symbol files are shipped in Debian binary packages, and its
format is a subset of the template symbol files used by
dpkg-gensymbols(1) in Debian source packages.
The format for an extended shared library dependency information
entry in these files is:
library-soname main-dependency-template
[| alternative-dependency-template]
[...]
[* field-name: field-value]
[...]
symbol minimal-version [id-of-dependency-template]
The library-soname is exactly the value of the SONAME field as
exported by objdump(1). A dependency-template is a dependency where
#MINVER# is dynamically replaced either by a version check like “(>=
minimal-version)” or by nothing (if an unversioned dependency is
deemed sufficient).
Each exported symbol (listed as name@version, with version being
“Base” if the library is not versioned) is associated to a minimal-
version of its dependency template (the main dependency template is
always used and will end up being combined with the dependency
template referenced by id-of-dependency-template if present). The
first alternative dependency template is numbered 1, the second one
2, etc.
Each entry for a library can also have some fields of meta-
information. Those fields are stored on lines starting with an
asterisk. Currently, the only valid fields are:
Build-Depends-Package
It indicates the name of the “-dev” package associated to the
library and is used by dpkg-shlibdeps to make sure that the
dependency generated is at least as strict as the
corresponding build dependency (since dpkg 1.14.13).
Ignore-Blacklist-Groups
It indicates what blacklist groups should be ignored, as a
whitespace separated list, so that the symbols contained in
those groups get included in the output file (since dpkg
1.17.6). This should only be necessary for toolchain packages
providing those blacklisted symbols. The available groups are
system dependent, for ELF and GNU-based systems these are
aeabi and gomp.
Simple symbols file
libftp.so.3 libftp3 #MINVER#
DefaultNetbuf@Base 3.1-1-6
FtpAccess@Base 3.1-1-6
[...]
Advanced symbols file
libGL.so.1 libgl1
| libgl1-mesa-glx #MINVER#
* Build-Depends-Package: libgl1-mesa-dev
publicGlSymbol@Base 6.3-1
[...]
implementationSpecificSymbol@Base 6.5.2-7 1
[...]
https://wiki.debian.org/Projects/ImprovedDpkgShlibdeps
dpkg-shlibdeps(1), dpkg-gensymbols(1).
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Pages that refer to this page: dpkg(1), dpkg-gensymbols(1), dpkg-shlibdeps(1), deb-shlibs(5)