[PATCH, request for review] abidb: Introduce a tool to manage the ABI of a Linux distribution

[Dodji Seketeli]

Hello,

Dodji Seketeli <dodji@redhat.com> a écrit:

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> This patch introduces a new tool named abidb.  It manages a Git
> repository of the Application Binary Interfaces of a set of shared
> libraries.  Those ABIs are stored in the Git repository in the form of
> ABIXML files.
>
> The tool then supports the verification of the ABI compatibility of a
> given binary against the stored ABIs of shared libraries.
>
> 	* configure.ac: Condition building abidb on the presence of python
> 	and the required modules.
> 	* doc/manuals/Makefile.am: Add the abidb.rst documentation to
> 	source distribution.  Distribute the abidb.1 manpage file as well.
> 	* doc/manuals/abidb.rst: New documentation file.
> 	* doc/manuals/conf.py: Configure the generation of the abidb.1
> 	manage from the abidb.rst file above.
> 	* doc/manuals/libabigail-tools.rst: Add a reference to the new
> 	abidb tool.
> 	* tests/Makefile.am: Register runabidb1.sh and runabidb2.sh as
> 	tests for abidb.  Register runabidb1.sh.in and runabidb2.sh.in as
> 	input files for autoconf generated runabidb1.sh and runabidb2.sh.
> 	* tests/data/Makefile.am: Add abidb2client.c, abidb2so.c and
> 	abidb2soBAD.c to source distribution.
> 	* tests/data/abidb2client.c: New source file for test input binaries.
> 	* tests/data/abidb2so.c: Likewise.
> 	* tests/data/abidb2soBAD.c: Likewise.
> 	* tests/runtestabidb1.sh.in: New test script input for autoconf generation.
> 	* tests/runtestabidb2.sh.in: Likewise.
> 	* tools/Makefile.am: Add the new abidb tool to the set of tools.
> 	* tools/abidb: The New Tool, ladies and gentlemen!
>
> Signed-off-by: Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dodji Seketeli <dodji@redhat.com>

After Franck ACKed the patch on IRC and the discussions with Ben, I have
applied this patch to the master branch.

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Cheers,

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		Dodji