From f277fc2e8e0fd80017e0fd4088789a09737c5c3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillem Jover Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2018 03:34:24 +0200 Subject: dpkg-gensymbols: Add new -l option This option will make it possible to stop using LD_LIBRARY_PATH when calling this script. --- man/dpkg-gensymbols.man | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) (limited to 'man') diff --git a/man/dpkg-gensymbols.man b/man/dpkg-gensymbols.man index a708b5e96..36aaf9a3a 100644 --- a/man/dpkg-gensymbols.man +++ b/man/dpkg-gensymbols.man @@ -436,6 +436,17 @@ the \fBFile::Glob\fP(3perl) manual page for details) in \fIlibrary-file\fR to match multiple libraries with a single argument (otherwise you need multiple \fB\-e\fR). .TP +.BI \-l directory +Prepend +.I directory +to the list of directories to search for private shared libraries +(since dpkg 1.19.1). This option can be used multiple times. + +Note: Use this option instead of setting \fBLD_LIBRARY_PATH\fP, +as that environment variable is used to control the run-time linker +and abusing it to set the shared library paths at build-time can be +problematic when cross-compiling for example. +.TP .BI \-I filename Use \fIfilename\fR as reference file to generate the symbols file that is integrated in the package itself. -- cgit v1.2.3