NAME

       dh_makeclilibs - automatically create clilibs file

SYNOPSIS

       dh_makeclilibs [debhelper options] [-r] [-V[dependancies]] [-mminversion] [-lnextincompatible] [-Xitem]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_makeclilibs is a debhelper program that automatically scans for versioned CIL (.NET) assemblies, and
       generates a clilibs file for the libraries it finds.

       By default, dh_makeclilibs scans the .dll files in the package directories and writes the discovered
       compatibility data (major/minor, build, token) to "clilibs" files in the appropriate packages.

       However, if a file like debian/package.clilibs is found, this one will be installed and no scanning is
       performed.

OPTIONS

       -V, -Vdependancies
       --version-info, --version-info=dependancies
           By  default,  the  clilibs  file  generated  by  this  program  does  not make packages depend on any
           particular version of the package containing the assembly.  It may be necessary for you to  add  some
           version  dependency  information  to  the  clilibs  file.  If  -V  is  specified  with  no dependency
           information, the current version of the  package  is  plugged  into  a  dependency  that  looks  like
           "packagename  (>= packageversion)". If -V is specified with parameters, the parameters can be used to
           specify the exact dependency information needed (be sure to include the package name).

           Beware of using -V without any parameters; this is a conservative setting that  always  ensures  that
           other  packages' shared library dependencies are at least as tight as they need to be, so that if the
           maintainer screws up then they won't break. The  flip  side  is  that  packages  might  end  up  with
           dependencies that are too tight and so find it harder to be upgraded.

       -mminversion
           Like  -V,  but  specifies  only  the  version string, the package name comes from the package that is
           actually processed. This option is more flexible if you try to set a  range  of  valid  versions  for
           different assembly packages coming from one source package.

       -lnextincompatible
           Specifies  the  (expected)  version  of this package when the compatibility to the current assemblies
           will break.

       -r  An experimental option to automaticaly guess the next incompatible upstream version and  insert  them
           (like  working  with  -l  and  -m  options, see above). Do not expect the guessed values to be always
           correct - normally, the usualy assumed version  string  has  the  form  generation.major.minor  where
           versions with changes in "minor" are compatible and "major" versions break with compatibility.

       -Xitem, --exclude=item
           Exclude  files  that  contain  "item"  anywhere  in their filename or directory from being treated as
           shared libraries.

       --internal-mono
           Uses the Mono runtime in . (used for bootstrapping Mono packages)

EXAMPLES

        dh_makeclilibs

       Assuming this is a package named libfoobar0.9x-cil, generates a clilibs file that looks something like:
        libfoobar  1.0.2345.0_23a12f34  libfoobar0.9x-cil

        dh_makeclilibs -V

       Assuming the current version of the package is 0.93-3, generates a  clilibs  file  that  looks  something
       like:
        libfoobar 1.0.2345.0_23a12f34 libfoobar0.9x-cil (>= 0.93-3)

        dh_makeclilibs -V 'libfoobar0.9x-cil (>= 0.92)'

       Generates a clilibs file that looks something like:
         libfoobar 1.0.2345.0_23a12f34 libfoobar0.9x-cil (>= 0.92)

       Assuming  that  your  package  creates  libfoobar-cil  and  liblafasel-cil,  which are compatible to 0.92
       versions but the upstream is going to break compatibility in the next version, 0.94:

        dh_makeclilibs -m 0.92 -l 0.94

       Generates clilibs file that looks something like:

         libfoobar 1.0.2345.0_23a12f34 libfoobar-cil (>= 0.92), libfoobar-cil (<< 0.94)

       and

         liblafasel 1.0.2345.0_23a12f34 liblafasel-cil (>= 0.92), liblafasel-cil (<< 0.94)

SEE ALSO

       debhelper(7)

       This program is a part of cli-common-dev.

KNOWN BUGS

       Will possibly not work correctly with DH_COMPAT levels 1 and 2.

AUTHOR

       Mirco Bauer <meebey@meebey.net>, Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org>, inspired by dh_makeshlibs by Joey  Hess
       <joeyh@debian.org>

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