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.\" along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
.
.TH deb\-symbols 5 "%RELEASE_DATE%" "%VERSION%" "dpkg suite"
+.ad l
.nh
.SH NAME
deb\-symbols \- Debian's extended shared library information file
@@ -67,6 +68,13 @@ 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 “\-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