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8.6.4 The ‘shlibs’ system
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The ‘shlibs’ system is a simpler alternative to the ‘symbols’ system for
declaring dependencies for shared libraries.  It may be more appropriate
for C++ libraries and other cases where tracking individual symbols is
too difficult.  It predated the ‘symbols’ system and is therefore
frequently seen in older packages.  It is also required for udebs, which
do not support ‘symbols’.

In the following sections, we will first describe where the various
‘shlibs’ files are to be found, then how to use ‘dpkg-shlibdeps’, and
finally the ‘shlibs’ file format and how to create them.

The shlibs files present on the system

The shlibs File Format

Providing a shlibs file