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authorGuillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>2019-04-23 01:18:05 +0200
committerGuillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>2019-10-12 16:37:22 +0200
commit81f8816cbdc73dba843b080eb388e40b84cadc6d (patch)
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parenta81422607ad9bf26449fd90b0c57b42f3c34e5f3 (diff)
downloaddpkg-81f8816cbdc73dba843b080eb388e40b84cadc6d.tar.gz
dpkg-shlibdeps: Add support for new Build-Depends-Packages
This makes it possible to specify more than one package, which might be needed during transition periods for example. Closes: #926669 Based-on-patch-by: Frank Schaefer <kelledin@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man/deb-symbols.man b/man/deb-symbols.man
index ca52b1733..7da0a7682 100644
--- a/man/deb-symbols.man
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@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ and is used by \fBdpkg\-shlibdeps\fP to make sure that the dependency
generated is at least as strict as the corresponding build dependency
(since dpkg 1.14.13).
.TP
+.B Build\-Depends\-Packages
+The same as \fBBuild\-Depends\-Package\fP but accepts a comma-separated
+list of package names (since dpkg 1.20.0).
+This field will override any \fBBuild\-Depends\-Package\fP field present,
+and is mostly useful with a “\-dev” packages and metapackages depending
+on these, say for a transition period.
+.TP
.B 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