ckport(1)

📦 version 0.1~rc1, in ubuntu jammy

💖 ckport — like, the manual page but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, we're reading ckport(1) from the System User's Manual: ckport together and I promise it's gonna be cute AND useful. this is the girlies' guide to checking your binaries, no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ckport — portability analysis and security checking tool. yes she does BOTH. main character energy fr. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ckport [OPTIONS]... file [file,...]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: ckport is a tool that checks already compiled binaries and libraries for porting problems and security problems. it's giving "your build works on your laptop, will it work anywhere else tho" energy. 💅

it uses objdump to read the binaries, and then it analyses the call and jump functions. that's the whole vibe.

and the BEST part: this package is architecture independent ✨, which means you can use it on binaries for a non-host architecture too — you just need an objdump tool installed for the target architecture. cross-platform queen. 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --help, -h — show this help. your girl is helpful, obviously. 🫶
  • -- — end of options! after this, only filenames follow. that's it, that's the boundary. respect it. ✋
  • --mode MODE — sets the mode of operation.
  • --db DBFILE — load database DBFILE. feed her the lore. 📚
  • --db-dir DBDIR — load databases from the directory DBDIR. a whole shelf of lore.
  • --edit-vim — show a vim command pointing to the location of the problem. so you can jump straight to the crime scene in your editor. 🔥
  • --conf KEY=VAL — set config key KEY to value VAL. customize your experience, you deserve it.
  • --warn-mode MODE — set the mode for printing of warnings.
  • --warn PT — warn about problems of type PT.
  • --nowarn PT — ignore warnings about problems of type PT. (she's unbothered. moisturized. in her lane. ✨)
  • --nowarns — disable ALL warnings. full noise-cancelling mode. 🎧
  • --nosummery — disable summery.
  • --summery — enable summery.
  • --summery-on-warn — only print summery if warnings have been found. conditional queen. 💅
  • --noheader — disable printing of headers.
  • --header — enable printing of headers.
  • --nofile-header — disable printing of headers for each file (operant).
  • --file-header — enable printing of headers for each file (operant).
  • --ignore PATTERN — ignore symbols matching this Perl regex pattern. regex girlies rise up. 🌈
  • --ignore-symbol SYMBOL — ignore the symbol SYMBOL. we don't talk about SYMBOL. 💀
  • --ignore-target TARGET — ignore warnings for target TARGET.
  • --print-mode MODE — set the mode of symbol printing to MODE.
  • --print-unknown — print unknown symbols found. mystery symbols get exposed, sorry babes. 🙈
  • --print-unknown-defined — print the list of unknown but defined (internal) symbols.
  • --print-unused — print the list of defined (internal) but unused symbols. the ones collecting dust in the back of the closet. 🧚
  • --print-known — print the list of known symbols.
  • --print-pt — print the list of known problem types. know your enemy bestie. 🍓

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

objdump(1) — the bestie she leans on for everything. go say hi. 💜

that's the whole page babe, you ate it. this one's from ckport, April 2011, and it lives under the ckport(1) manual section — so next time you're staring at a binary like "why are you Like This", you know who to call. periodt. 💖✨🎀

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