Re: .symbols or shlibs file

[Herbert Parentes Fortes Neto (hpfn) <hpfn@ig.com.br>]

Hi Jakub,

> * Herbert Parentes Fortes Neto <hpfn@ig.com.br>, 2015-11-26, 12:15:
> >I maintain a package which provides a .symbols file. But it uses a 
> >dh_makeshlibs in debian/rules[0].
> >
> >override_dh_makeshlibs:
> >	dh_makeshlibs -plibgphoto2-$(major) \
> >           -V 'libgphoto2-$(major) (>= $(SHLIBS))' \
> >           -X/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/libgphoto2/
> >	dh_makeshlibs -plibgphoto2-port12 \
> >           -V 'libgphoto2-port12    (>= $(SHLIBS))' \
> >           -X/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/libgphoto2_port/
> >
> >[0] - http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-phototools/libgphoto2.git/tree/debian/rules
> >
> >Am I confusing or the package uses the two systems ?
> 
> It does. Vast majority of packages that have DEBIAN/symbols also have 
> DEBIAN/shlibs, because dh_makeshlibs generates both of them. If you have 
> DEBIAN/symbols, DEBIAN/shlibs is probably not very useful, but it 
> doesn't hurt either.
> 
> That said, I wonder if there's any point in passing -V to dh_makeshlibs 
> if the package uses symbols. It doesn't seem useful.
> 

I will remove these 'dh_makeshlibs' entries from
the debian/rules file.

Thanks for replying.

regards,
-- 
Herbert Parentes Fortes Neto (hpfn)