abi-wizard

README

abi-wizard

Tool for generating ABI reports for libraries and binaries

Motivation

As a package maintainer, it's a challenging task to keep track of binary dependencies and ABI changes. This tool generates reports that can be used to inform maintainers of ABI and dependency changes.

Goals

• Fast scan times
• Be completely distro agnostic
• A+ Rating on Report Card

Installation

1. Clone repo and enter its
2. make
3. sudo make install

Usage

abi-wizard <file/path>

where file/path is a path to a location to scan.

Output

Up to 4 files per device architecture may be generated:

File	Purpose
abi_libs	List of ELF files provided by the search path
abi_symbols	List of symbols exported by the detected ELF files
abi_used_libs	List of libs imported by the detected ELF files
abi_used_symbols	List of symbols imported by the detected ELF files

A suffix will be added to the output files to signify the architecture:

Architecture	Suffix
x86	32
x86_64	N/A

Currently only 32-bit and 64-bit x86 architectures are supported

License

Copyright 2019-2021 Bryan T. Meyers root@datadrake.com

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.