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authorNiels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>2016-07-08 09:05:19 +0000
committerNiels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>2016-07-08 09:05:19 +0000
commit06690f0e54640c80cef438860ba1debccb796c69 (patch)
tree467bc2c12a1351425c494cf3385f807ba9dc840d /dh_shlibdeps
parent83659a320ad0e539c6d1ca89a3795c3d3cf27b6f (diff)
downloaddebhelper-06690f0e54640c80cef438860ba1debccb796c69.tar.gz
dh_shlibdeps: Clarify that -L is also useful with shlibs.local
Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
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@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ path.
=item B<-L>I<package>, B<--libpackage=>I<package>
With recent versions of B<dpkg-shlibdeps>, this option is generally not
-needed, unless your package builds multiple flavors of the same library.
+needed, unless your package builds multiple flavors of the same library
+or is relying on F<debian/shlibs.local> for an internal library.
It tells B<dpkg-shlibdeps> (via its B<-S> parameter) to look first in the package
build directory for the specified package, when searching for libraries,