15/01/2021 16:24, David Marchand:
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 11:01 PM Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> wrote:
> > 13/01/2021 20:05, Thomas Monjalon:
> > > When testing compilation and checking ABI compatibility,
> > > there is no real need of static binaries eating disks.
> > >
> > > The static linkage of applications was already well tested,
> > > though the static examples tested with meson were limited to "l3fwd" only.
> > > The static build test with make is limited to "helloworld" example.
> > >
> > > The ABI compatibility is checked on shared libraries,
> > > and there is no need to test again on similar builds.
> > > A new parameter is added to the function "build",
> > > so the ABI check is enabled only for native gcc and clang shared builds,
> > > 32-bit, generic armv8 and ppc cross compilations.
> > > In other words, it is disabled for some static builds and some Arm ones.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net>
> > > ---
> > > v2:
> > > - separate ABI check enablement from default library
> > > - disable ABI check in specific Arm builds
> > > ---
> > [...]
> > > -build build-x86-default cc -Dlibdir=lib -Dmachine=$default_machine 
> > > $use_shared
> > > +build build-x86-default cc ABI \
> > > +     -Dlibdir=lib -Dmachine=$default_machine $use_shared
> >
> > After a second thought, I think this one should be "skipABI".
> 
> No opinion on this one.
> 
> The title might need some tweak, since you also disabled the ABI check
> on some ARM targets.

Yes, you're right.
Disabling some ABI checks is a way to reduce the number
of static binaries, but it should be visible in the title.

> The rest lgtm.
> 
> Acked-by: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com>

Applied with title "devtools: reduce ABI checks and static binaries"


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