diff -up rpm-4.7.0-beta1/build/rpmfc.c.devel-autodep rpm-4.7.0-beta1/build/rpmfc.c
--- rpm-4.7.0-beta1/build/rpmfc.c.devel-autodep	2009-02-23 09:16:11.000000000 +0200
+++ rpm-4.7.0-beta1/build/rpmfc.c	2009-02-26 17:30:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static const struct rpmfcTokens_s const 
   { "ASCII text",		RPMFC_WHITE|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
   { "ISO-8859 text",		RPMFC_WHITE|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
 
-  { "symbolic link to",		RPMFC_SYMLINK },
+  { "symbolic link to",		RPMFC_SYMLINK|RPMFC_INCLUDE },
   { "socket",			RPMFC_DEVICE },
   { "special",			RPMFC_DEVICE },
 
@@ -667,6 +667,105 @@ rpmds rpmfcRequires(rpmfc fc)
 
 
 /**
+ * Ensure that symlinks for shared libs generate a dep on the shared lib
+ * @param fc            file classifier
+ * @return              0 on success
+ */
+static int rpmfcSYMLINK(rpmfc fc)
+{
+    const char * fn = fc->fn[fc->ix];
+    struct stat sb;
+    int fdno;
+
+    if (fc->skipReq) 
+	return 0;
+
+    if (stat(fn, &sb) < 0)
+	return -1;
+    if (S_ISLNK(sb.st_mode))
+        return -1;
+    
+    fdno = open(fn, O_RDONLY);
+    if (fdno < 0) {
+	return fdno;
+    }
+
+#if HAVE_GELF_H && HAVE_LIBELF
+    Elf * elf = NULL;
+    GElf_Ehdr ehdr_mem, * ehdr;
+    int isElf64 = 0;
+    int i, cnt;
+    char * soname = NULL;
+    rpmds ds;
+
+    (void) elf_version(EV_CURRENT);
+    elf = NULL;
+    if ((elf = elf_begin (fdno, ELF_C_READ_MMAP, NULL)) == NULL
+        || elf_kind(elf) != ELF_K_ELF
+        || (ehdr = gelf_getehdr(elf, &ehdr_mem)) == NULL
+        || ehdr->e_type != ET_DYN)
+	goto exit;
+
+/* alpha uses /lib, not /lib64 so don't add (64bit) deps */
+#if !defined(__alpha__)
+    isElf64 = ehdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS64;
+#endif
+
+    for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; ++i) {
+	GElf_Phdr phdr_mem;
+	GElf_Phdr *phdr = gelf_getphdr (elf, i, &phdr_mem);
+	GElf_Shdr shdr_mem;
+	Elf_Data * data = NULL;
+	Elf_Scn * scn;
+	GElf_Shdr *shdr;
+
+	if (phdr == NULL || phdr->p_type != PT_DYNAMIC)
+	    continue;
+
+	scn = gelf_offscn(elf, phdr->p_offset);
+	shdr = gelf_getshdr(scn, &shdr_mem);
+
+	if (shdr != NULL && shdr->sh_type == SHT_DYNAMIC)
+	    data = elf_getdata (scn, NULL);
+	if (data == NULL)
+	    continue; 
+	  
+	for (cnt = 0; cnt < shdr->sh_size / shdr->sh_entsize; ++cnt) {
+	    GElf_Dyn dynmem;
+	    GElf_Dyn *dyn = gelf_getdyn (data, cnt, &dynmem);
+	    char *depname = NULL;
+
+	    if (dyn == NULL)
+		break;
+	    if (dyn->d_tag != DT_SONAME)
+		continue;
+
+	    /* add the soname to package deps */
+	    soname = elf_strptr(elf, shdr->sh_link, dyn->d_un.d_val);
+	    if (soname == NULL)
+		break;
+
+	    rasprintf(&depname, "%s%s", soname, isElf64 ? "()(64bit)" : "");
+	    /* Add to package dependencies. */
+	    ds = rpmdsSingle(RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME, depname, "", 
+			     RPMSENSE_FIND_REQUIRES);
+	    free(depname);
+
+	    rpmdsMerge(&fc->requires, ds);
+	    rpmfcAddFileDep(&fc->ddict, fc->ix, ds);
+	    ds = rpmdsFree(ds);
+	    break;
+	}
+    }
+exit:
+    if (elf) (void) elf_end(elf);
+    close(fdno);
+    return 0;
+#endif
+    return -1;
+}
+
+/**
  * Extract script dependencies.
  * @param fc		file classifier
  * @return		0 on success
@@ -1097,6 +1196,7 @@ static const struct rpmfcApplyTbl_s cons
     { rpmfcSCRIPT,	(RPMFC_SCRIPT|RPMFC_BOURNE|
 			 RPMFC_PERL|RPMFC_PYTHON|RPMFC_MONO|
 			 RPMFC_PKGCONFIG|RPMFC_LIBTOOL) },
+    { rpmfcSYMLINK,	RPMFC_SYMLINK },
     { NULL, 0 }
 };
 
@@ -1117,6 +1217,7 @@ rpmRC rpmfcApply(rpmfc fc)
     int ix;
     int i;
     int xx;
+    int skipping = 0;
 
     /* Generate package and per-file dependencies. */
     for (fc->ix = 0; fc->fn[fc->ix] != NULL; fc->ix++) {
@@ -1171,11 +1272,13 @@ rpmRC rpmfcApply(rpmfc fc)
 	default:
 	    break;
 	case 'P':	
+	    skipping = fc->skipProv;
 	    ds = rpmdsSingle(RPMTAG_PROVIDENAME, N, EVR, Flags);
 	    dix = rpmdsFind(fc->provides, ds);
 	    ds = rpmdsFree(ds);
 	    break;
 	case 'R':
+	    skipping = fc->skipReq;
 	    ds = rpmdsSingle(RPMTAG_REQUIRENAME, N, EVR, Flags);
 	    dix = rpmdsFind(fc->requires, ds);
 	    ds = rpmdsFree(ds);
@@ -1197,7 +1300,7 @@ assert(dix >= 0);
 	    previx = ix;
 	    xx = argiAdd(&fc->fddictx, ix, argiCount(fc->ddictx)-1);
 	}
-	if (fc->fddictn && fc->fddictn->vals)
+	if (fc->fddictn && fc->fddictn->vals && !skipping)
 	    fc->fddictn->vals[ix]++;
     }