diff -u clisp-2.34/debian/rules clisp-2.34/debian/rules
--- clisp-2.34/debian/rules
+++ clisp-2.34/debian/rules
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@
 	dh_installdeb
 	dh_shlibdeps
 	echo $(XLIBS_PRE_DEPENDS) >>debian/clisp.substvars
+
+#	add FAS file format version to substvars
+	debian/clisp/usr/bin/clisp -M debian/clisp/usr/lib/clisp/full/lispinit.mem debian/fasl-version.lisp
+
 	dh_gencontrol
 	dh_md5sums -Xlispinit.mem
 	dh_builddeb
diff -u clisp-2.34/debian/control clisp-2.34/debian/control
--- clisp-2.34/debian/control
+++ clisp-2.34/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 Architecture: any
 Pre-Depends: ${xlibs:PreDepends}
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, common-lisp-controller (>= 4.2)
-Provides: lisp-compiler
+Provides: lisp-compiler, ${clisp:fasl-version}
 Suggests: gdb
 Conflicts: clisp-doc (<< 1:2.31-1)
 Description: GNU CLISP, a Common Lisp implementation
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- clisp-2.34.orig/debian/fasl-version.lisp
+++ clisp-2.34/debian/fasl-version.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+;;;; Find out the FASL version of this Clisp release and dump it to the
+;;;; debian/clisp.substvars variable, so it can be used in
+;;;; debian/control
+;;;;
+;;;; Packages that want to provide binary Clisp FASLs can then depend
+;;;; on clisp-fasl-loader-XX
+;;;;
+;;;;  -- René van Bevern <rvb@pro-linux.de>, Sat Sep  3 19:23:20 2005
+
+(with-open-file (substvars "debian/clisp.substvars"
+			   :direction :output
+			   :if-exists :append
+			   :if-does-not-exist :create)
+  (format substvars "~&clisp:fasl-version=clisp-fasl-loader-~A~%"
+	  (car (system::version))))
+
+(ext:quit)
+