On Sat, 04 Aug 2007, Andreas Metzler wrote: > Raphael Hertzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > dpkg-gensymbols -plibcurl3 -Pdebian/libcurl3 > > dpkg-gensymbols -plibcurl3-gnutls -Pdebian/libcurl3-gnutls > > (you should also create debian/<package>.symbols file, see below > > to grab some pre-generated files) > > > If you want dpkg-shlibdeps to generate smaller dependencies, you have > > to provide some useful symbols file in /etc/dpkg/symbols/ > > (some up-to-date files here: > > http://users.alioth.debian.org/~hertzog/symbols.tar.bz2 > > they were generated by scanning successively etch/lenny/sid packages) > [...] > > Hello, > > Is /etc/dpkg/symbols/ just a temporary location?
Yeah, obviously. It's meant to be a directory that you can use to override the package-provided /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.symbols. See http://wiki.debian.org/Projects/ImprovedDpkgShlibdeps for some generic info on this project. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Premier livre français sur Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
