<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 used if id of dependency template is not 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 field is 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.
libftp.so.3 libftp3 #MINVER#
DefaultNetbuf@Base 3.1-1-6
FtpAccess@Base 3.1-1-6
[...]
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
[...]