Allow dpkg-shlibdeps flags or Debian rules file

[itsyaboyrooba]

Hello,

I can't build a Debian package with private shared libraries. I wish to put them in a separate /usr/lib/mylibraries directory.

dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: cannot find library library.so needed by /workspaces/src/myplugin/bin/library2.so dpkg-shlibdeps: error: cannot continue due to the error above Note: libraries are not searched in other binary packages that do not have any shlibs or symbols file. To help dpkg-shlibdeps find private libraries, you might need to use -l.

With a regular debhelper package, you can give dpkg-shlibdeps the path of the private libraries:

• With rules file: `

  !/usr/bin/make -f

  export DH_VERBOSE = 1

  %: dh $@ override_dh_shlibdeps: dh_shlibdeps -l /usr/lib/my-libraries `

• With flags: dpkg-shlibdeps -l /usr/lib/my-libraries A way to implement a Debian Rules file would be really useful.

Any fixes, upcoming features and etc?

Thank you in advance. :)

[kornelski]

If I understand correctly, the rules file is for dh build, and it's typically a makefile. I don't see how that would be used for Cargo builds. Cargo-deb doesn't use dh, and it's more rooted in the side of Rust/Cargo, than Debian's packaging tooling.

If you're familiar with Debian's package tooling, maybe debcargo would work better?

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Ideally I'd love cargo deb work automagically out of the box, without extra flags or config. Does your library2.so contain references to /usr/lib/my-libraries that something like ldd could read? It'd be cool if the path could be auto-detected.

Or maybe you're setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH that I could forward to dpkg-shlibdeps?