libabigail/doc/manuals/abidw.rst
Ondrej Oprala 6a7566d513 Add the option of printing the file, line and column information about a type being reported.
* bash-completion/abicompat: Complete the new "--no-show-locs" option.
	* bash-completion/abidiff: Likewise.
	* bash-completion/abidw: Likewise.
	* bash-completion/abipkgdiff: Likewise.
	* doc/manuals/abicompat.rst: Mention the new "--no-show-locs" option.
	* doc/manuals/abidiff.rst: Likewise.
	* doc/manuals/abidw.rst: Likewise.
	* doc/manuals/abipkgdiff.rst: Likewise.
	* include/abg-comparison.h (show_locs): Add declarations.
	* src/abg-comparison.cc: (diff_context::priv): Add a new switch
	called "show_locs_" and set its default value to false.
	(report_loc_info): New function. Outputting the extra information
	is conditionalized based on the associated diff contexts settings.
	(show_locs): define a getter/setter for
	diff_context::priv::show_locs_.
	({distinct,pointer,reference,qualified_type,enum,class,scope,fn_parm,
	typedef,corpus}_diff::report): Call report_loc_info when
	appropriate.
	(maybe_report_diff_for_member): Likewise.
	(represent): Accept a const reference to a diff_context_sptr as a first
	argument and call report_loc_info on its second argument.
	* src/abg-dwarf-reader.cc:
	* tests/data/Makefile.am: Add the new test reference files.
	* tests/data/test-abicompat/test0-fn-changed-report-2.txt: New test
	reference output.
	* tests/data/test-abicompat/test5-fn-changed-report-1.txt: Likewise.
	* tests/data/test-abicompat/test6-var-changed-report-1.txt: Likewise.
	* tests/data/test-abicompat/test7-fn-changed-report-2.txt: Likewise.
	* tests/data/test-diff-filter/test30-pr18904-rvalueref-report1.txt:
	Likewise.
	* tests/data/test-diff-filter/test31-pr18535-libstdc++-report-1.txt:
	Likewise.
	* tests/data/test-diff-pkg/dirpkg-3-report-2.txt: Likewise.
	* tests/data/test-diff-suppr/test6-fn-suppr-report-0-1.txt: Likewise.
	* tests/test-abidiff.cc: Explicitly create a diff context and turn off
	location emitting.
	* tests/test-diff-dwarf.cc: Likewise.
	* tests/test-abicompat.cc: Add --no-show-locs to all existing test
	arguments. Run a few of the existing tests again, but without this
	option.
	* tests/test-diff-filter.cc: Likewise.
	* tests/test-diff-pkg.cc: Likewise.
	* tests/test-diff-suppr.cc: Likewise.
	* tools/abicompat.cc: Handle the new "--no-show-locs" option.
	* tools/abidiff.cc: Likewise.
	* tools/abidw.cc: Likewise.
	* tools/abipkgdiff.cc: Likewise.

Signed-off-by: Ondrej Oprala <ooprala@redhat.com>
2015-12-15 12:32:55 +01:00

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======
abidw
======
abidw reads a shared library in `ELF`_ format and emits an XML
representation of its ABI to standard output. The emitted
representation includes all the globally defined functions and
variables, along with a complete representation of their types. It
also includes a representation of the globally defined ELF symbols of
the file. The input shared library must contain associated debug
information in `DWARF`_ format.
Invocation
==========
::
abidw [options] [<path-to-elf-file>]
Options
=======
* ``--help | -h``
Display a short help about the command and exit.
* `--version | -v`
Display the version of the program and exit.
* ``--debug-info-dir | -d`` <*dir-path*>
In cases where the debug info for *path-to-elf-file* is in a
separate file that is located in a non-standard place, this tells
``abidw`` where to look for that debug info file.
Note that *dir-path* must point to the root directory under which
the debug information is arranged in a tree-like manner. Under
Red Hat based systems, that directory is usually
``<root>/usr/lib/debug``.
Note that this option is not mandatory for split debug information
installed by your system's package manager because then
``abidw`` knows where to find it.
* ``--out-file`` <*file-path*>
This option instructs ``abidw`` to emit the XML representation of
*path-to-elf-file* into the file *file-path*, rather than emitting
it to its standard output.
* ``--noout``
This option instructs ``abidw`` to not emit the XML representation
of the ABI. So it only reads the ELF and debug information,
builds the internal representation of the ABI and exits. This
option is usually useful for debugging purposes.
* ``--check-alternate-debug-info`` <*elf-path*>
If the debug info for the file *elf-path* contains a reference to
an `alternate debug info <alt-di-label>`_ file, ``abidw`` checks
that it can find that alternate debug info file. In that case, it
emits a meaningful success message mentioning the full path to the
alternate debug info file found. Otherwise, it emits an error
code.
* ``--no-show-locs``
Do not show information about where in the *second shared library*
the respective type was changed.
* ``--check-alternate-debug-info-base-name`` <*elf-path*>
Like ``--check-alternate-debug-info``, but in the success message,
only mention the base name of the debug info file; not its full path.
* ``--load-all-types``
By default, ``libabigail`` (and thus ``abidw``) only loads types
that are reachable from functions and variables declarations that
are publicly defined and exported by the binary. So only those
types are present in the output of ``abidw``. This option however
makes ``abidw`` load *all* the types defined in the binaries, even
those that are not reachable from public declarations.
* ``--abidiff``
Load the ABI of the ELF binary given in argument, save it in
libabigail's XML format in a temporary file; read the ABI from the
temporary XML file and compare the ABI that has been read back
against the ABI of the ELF binary given in argument. The ABIs
should compare equal. If they don't, the program emits a
diagnostic and exits with a non-zero code.
This is a debugging and sanity check option.
* ``--stats``
Emit statistics about various internal things.
Notes
=====
.. _alt-di-label:
Alternate debug info files
--------------------------
As of the version 4 of the DWARF specification, `Alternate debug
information <http://www.dwarfstd.org/ShowIssue.php?issue=120604.1>`_
is a `GNU`_ extension to the DWARF specification. It has however been
proposed for inclusion into the upcoming version 5 of the DWARF
standard. You can read more about the GNU extensions to the DWARF
standard `here
<https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/wiki/DwarfExtensions>`_.
.. _ELF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable_and_Linkable_Format
.. _DWARF: http://www.dwarfstd.org
.. _GNU: http://www.gnu.org