d-devlibdeps(1)

📦 version 0.109build1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 d-devlibdeps — bestie, let's talk dev lib deps 💖

okay so real talk, this one lives in the d-shlibs manual, section 1, and it's genuinely iconic if you're a Debian packager. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're doing this.

✨ NAME ✨

d-devlibdeps — check and list dependencies of development library packages. yes bestie, that's the whole job. she checks, she lists, she serves. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

d-devlibdeps [options] [substvars file] [shared-library] ...

like, options first, then optionally a substvars file, then as many shared-library args as your heart desires. slay.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the vibe: this program gives out a list of development dependencies for a shared library, and that list is literally meant to go straight into the Depends: field of a Debian package. no cap, that's the entire point of her existence. 🫶

and the devlibs:Depends entry in the substvars file? yeah, she updates it. she doesn't just read it, she edits it. main character energy fr fr. 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --override=[override statement] — the no-space form, exactly like that, with the = and everything. don't skip the equals sign bestie, she's picky. 💀
  • --override [override statement] — the space-y form, same energy, same result. Add an overriding sed expression, and it looks like --override s/libshared1-dev/libshared-dev/. she runs this expression after the other rules, so it gets the final word. periodt. 💅

and because one override is never enough for a girlboss: Multiple --override can be specified. stack them, layer them, go off. 🌈✨

Added in version 0.30 — so if you're on something ancient, this flag simply isn't there yet. sad but true. 😭

💜 EXAMPLES 💜

None.

...yeah. that's it. that's the example section. None. not even a crumb. the audacity honestly 🙈 but hey, the synopsis above is the example if you squint. iykyk.

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

Junichi Uekawa <dancer@debian.org> <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>

two emails, one legend. we stan. 💖

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

  • d-shlibmove (1)

go read that one too, bestie, they're a matched set. 🎀

ngl the whole --override thing is lowkey the only interesting part of this page, and it's giving "tiny tool, huge responsibilities". respect. 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie! she's from the d-shlibs manual, the footer says Debian GNU/Linux and dates her all the way back to 2002 May 3 — which, yes, is ancient, but she still ate and left no crumbs. 💅💖 bye bye, go package something cute! 🦋🌸

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