NAME

       abi-monitor - monitor new versions of a software library and try to build them

DESCRIPTION

   NAME:
              ABI  Monitor  (abi-monitor)  Monitor  and  build  new  versions of a C/C++ software
              library

   DESCRIPTION:
              ABI Tracker is a tool to monitor new versions of a software library, try  to  build
              them and create profile for ABI Tracker.

              The  tool  is intended to be used with the ABI Tracker tool for visualizing API/ABI
              changes timeline.

              This tool is free software: you can redistribute it  and/or  modify  it  under  the
              terms of the GNU LGPL or GNU GPL.

   USAGE:
              abi-monitor [options] [profile]

   EXAMPLES:
              abi-monitor -get -build profile.json

   INFORMATION OPTIONS:
       -h|-help

              Print this help.

       -dumpversion

              Print the tool version (1.12) and don't do anything else.

   GENERAL OPTIONS:
       -get

              Download new library versions.

       -get-old

              Download old packages from OldSourceUrl option of the profile.

       -build

              Build library versions.

       -rebuild

              Re-build library versions.

       -limit NUM

              Limit  number of operations to NUM. This is useful if you want to download or build
              only NUM packages.

       -v NUM

              Build only one particular version.

       -output PATH

              Path to output profile. The tool will overwrite the input profile by default.

       -build-shared

              Build shared objects from static ones if  they  cannot  be  build  by  the  library
              makefile or build script.

       -build-new

              Build newly found packages only. This option should be used with -get option.

       -debug

              Enable debug messages.

   OTHER OPTIONS:
       -make OPT

              Add options to 'make' command (e.g. '-j4').

       ABI  Monitor  1.12  A  tool to monitor new versions of a software library Copyright © 2017
       Andrey Ponomarenko's ABI Laboratory License: GPL or LGPL

       Usage: abi-monitor [options] [profile] Example:

              abi-monitor -get -build profile.json

       More info: abi-monitor --help

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Peter Spiess-Knafl  <dev@spiessknafl.at>  for  the  Debian
       GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).