osinfo-db-tools
===============

libosinfo is a project providing information about operating systems,
hypervisors and the (virtual) hardware devices they can support.

This package contains a set of tools to assist administrators and
developers in managing the database.

osinfo-db-tools is Free Software and licenced under GPLv2+.

Information about the latest official releases can be found at:

    https://libosinfo.org/download/

Dependencies
============

- Required:
  - meson >= 0.49.0
  - gobject-2.0
  - gio-2.0
  - json-glib
  - libarchive3
  - libxml-2.0
  - libxslt-1.0
- Optional (for testing):
  - python3
  - python3-pytest
  - python3-requests

Patch submissions
=================

Patch submissions are welcomed from any interested contributor.
The preferred way to submit patches for osinfo-db-tools is opening a
Merge Request against:

    https://gitlab.com/libosinfo/osinfo-db-tools

General discussions can also happen at the mailing list:

    https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libosinfo

For further information about libosinfo please consult the project
homepage

   https://libosinfo.org/

Testing
=======

In order to test osinfo-db-tools, you should run:

    $ meson build

For a more complete test run, including testing command-line options that
depend on network, you should export the OSINFO_DB_TOOLS_NETWORK_TESTS
environment variable to the build system. For example:

    $ export OSINFO_DB_TOOLS_NETWORK_TESTS=1
    $ ninja -C build check

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