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                "content": "shlibs files map shared library names and versions (SONAMEs) to dependencies suitable for a\npackage control file.  There is one entry per line. Blank lines are not allowed.  Lines\nbeginning with a # character are considered commentary, and are ignored.  All other lines\nmust have the format:\n\n[type:] library version dependencies\n\nThe library and version fields are whitespace-delimited, but the dependencies field extends\nto the end of the line.  The type field is optional and normally not needed.\n\nThe dependencies field has the same syntax as the Depends field in a binary control file, see\ndeb-control(5).\n",
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                "content": "The shlibs file for a typical library package, named libcrunch1, that provides one library\nwhose SONAME is libcrunch.so.1, might read\n\nlibcrunch 1 libcrunch1 (>= 1.2-1)\n\nThe dependencies must mention the most recent version of the package that added new symbols\nto the library: in the above example, new symbols were added to version 1.2 of libcrunch.\nThis is not the only reason the dependencies might need to be tightened.\n",
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                "content": "deb-control(5), dpkg-shlibdeps(1), deb-symbols(5).\n\n\n\n1.21.1                                       2025-09-09                                deb-shlibs(5)",
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