tools/gst-launch.1.in: Document GST_REGISTRY_UPDATE environment variable.

Original commit message from CVS:
* tools/gst-launch.1.in:
Document GST_REGISTRY_UPDATE environment variable.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b8fa4d0..d6322f6 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-08-18  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim.muller at collabora co uk>
+
+       * tools/gst-launch.1.in:
+         Document GST_REGISTRY_UPDATE environment variable.
+
 2008-08-18  Wim Taymans  <wim.taymans@collabora.co.uk>
 
        * libs/gst/base/gstbasetransform.c:

diff --git a/tools/gst-launch.1.in b/tools/gst-launch.1.in
index 0b35d2e..4a744c8 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/gst-launch.1.in
+++ b/tools/gst-launch.1.in
@@ -398,6 +398,13 @@ Path of the plugin registry file. Default is
 GStreamer was compiled for, e.g. 'i486', 'i686', 'x86-64', 'ppc', etc. (check
 the output of "uname -i" and "uname -m" for details).
 .TP
+\fBGST_REGISTRY_UPDATE\fR
+Set to "no" to force GStreamer to assume that no plugins have changed,
+been added or been removed. This will make GStreamer skip the initial check
+whether a rebuild of the registry cache is required or not. This may be useful
+in embedded environments where the installed plugins never change. Do not
+use this option in any other setup.
+.TP
 \fBGST_PLUGIN_PATH\fR
 Specifies a list of directories to scan for additional plugins.
 These take precedence over the system plugins.