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.TH deb\-shlibs 5 "2007-03-08" "Debian Project" "dpkg utilities"
.SH NAME
deb\-shlibs \- Debian shared library information file
.
.SH SYNOPSIS
shlibs
.
.SH DESCRIPTION
The format for a shared library dependency information entry in these
files is (see the Debian Policy Manual for details):
.PP
<library name>        <version/soname>        <dependencies>
.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dpkg\-shlibdeps (1).