[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] Remove abi_versioning.sh from tree

[David Marchand]

On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 1:33 PM Neil Horman <nhorman at tuxdriver.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 09:36:17AM +0200, David Marchand wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 9:34 PM Neil Horman <nhorman at tuxdriver.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Since we've moved away from our initial abi_versioning.sh script, in
> >
> > abi_versioning.sh does not exist (idem with the patch title).
> > I suppose you meant validate-abi.sh.
> >
> Crud, you're right, I was convoluting terms, sorry.  Shall I repost with a
> corrected changelog?

Yes, and with the other comment I did earlier, addressed too.


> > > favor of check_abi.sh, which uses libabigail, remove the old script from
> >
> > check-abi.sh
> >
> > > the tree, and update the docs accordingly
> > >
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.rst
> > > index a21f4e7a4..1c4a3f927 100644
> > > --- a/doc/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.rst
> > > +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.rst
> > > @@ -482,9 +482,9 @@ Running the ABI Validator
> > >  -------------------------
> > >
> > >  The ``devtools`` directory in the DPDK source tree contains a utility program,
> > > -``validate-abi.sh``, for validating the DPDK ABI based on the Linux `ABI
> > > -Compliance Checker
> > > -<http://ispras.linuxbase.org/index.php/ABI_compliance_checker>`_.
> > > +``check-abi.sh``, for validating the DPDK ABI based on the libabigail abidiff
> > > +utility:
> > > +https://sourceware.org/libabigail/manual/abidiff.html
> > >
> > >  This has a dependency on the ``abi-compliance-checker`` and ``and abi-dumper``
> > >  utilities which can be installed via a package manager. For example::
> > > @@ -492,9 +492,9 @@ utilities which can be installed via a package manager. For example::
> > >     sudo yum install abi-compliance-checker
> > >     sudo yum install abi-dumper
> > >
> > > -The syntax of the ``validate-abi.sh`` utility is::
> > > +The syntax of the ``check-abi.sh`` utility is::
> > >
> > > -   ./devtools/validate-abi.sh <REV1> <REV2>
> > > +   ./devtools/check-abi.sh <REV1> <REV2>
> >
> > The new script is not a direct replacement.
> > It won't take git revisions, but build directories where versions of
> > dpdk have been compiled.
> >
> > devtools/test-build.sh and devtools/test-meson-builds.sh illustrate its use.
> > https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tree/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh#n127
> >

Thanks.


-- 
David Marchand