Not sure about .deb format, but rpmbuild will automatically add dependencies on packaged shared libraries using their sonames: http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-rpm

Not sure about .deb format, but rpmbuild will automatically add dependencies on packaged shared libraries using their sonames: http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-rpm-depend-auto-depend.html http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-rpm-depend-auto-depend.html If you smuggle unpackaged code onto a QA or build machine, IMHO you asked for whatever happens to you.