ABI-TRACKER

NAME

abi-tracker - manual page for abi-tracker 1.11

DESCRIPTION

NAME:

ABI Tracker (abi-tracker) Visualize ABI changes timeline of a C/C++ software library

DESCRIPTION:

ABI Tracker is a tool to visualize ABI changes timeline of a C/C++ software library.

The tool is intended for developers of software libraries and Linux maintainers who are interested in ensuring backward binary compatibility, i.e. allow old applications to run with newer library versions.

This tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GPLv2.0+ or LGPLv2.1+.

USAGE:

abi-tracker [options] [profile]

EXAMPLES:

abi-tracker -build profile.json

INFORMATION OPTIONS:

Print this help.

Print the tool version (1.11) and don’t do anything else.

GENERAL OPTIONS:

Build reports.

Re-build reports.

Select only one particular version of the library to create reports for.

Select type of the reports to build:

abidump abireport headersdiff pkgdiff changelog soname date

Remove all reports.

Create list of all tested libraries.

Enable this option if you’ve changed filter of checked symbols in the library (skipped types, skipped functions, etc.).

Copy all reports and css to DIR.

Enable debug messages.

OTHER OPTIONS:

Generate JSON-format report for a library to DIR.

Regenerate ABI dumps for previous versions if comparing with new ones.

Generate RSS feed.