registry: set env GST_REGISTRY_DISABLE=yes to disable registry

If GST_REGISTRY_DISABLE=yes the registry is disabled similar to
compile time switch GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=773089

diff --git a/gst/gst.c b/gst/gst.c
index 6c2953d..3cf067e 100644 (file)
--- a/gst/gst.c
+++ b/gst/gst.c
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ HMODULE _priv_gst_dll_handle = NULL;
 #ifndef GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY
 GList *_priv_gst_plugin_paths = NULL;   /* for delayed processing in init_post */
 
+extern gboolean _priv_gst_disable_registry;
 extern gboolean _priv_gst_disable_registry_update;
 #endif
 
@@ -511,6 +512,15 @@ init_pre (GOptionContext * context, GOptionGroup * group, gpointer data,
   GST_INFO ("Using library installed in %s", libdir);
   g_free (libdir);
 
+#ifndef GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY
+  {
+    const gchar *disable_registry;
+    if ((disable_registry = g_getenv ("GST_REGISTRY_DISABLE"))) {
+      _priv_gst_disable_registry = (strcmp (disable_registry, "yes") == 0);
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+
   /* Print some basic system details if possible (OS/architecture) */
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H
   {
@@ -899,7 +909,8 @@ parse_one_option (gint opt, const gchar * arg, GError ** err)
       break;
     case ARG_PLUGIN_PATH:
 #ifndef GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY
-      split_and_iterate (arg, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S, add_path_func, NULL);
+      if (!_priv_gst_disable_registry)
+        split_and_iterate (arg, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S, add_path_func, NULL);
 #endif /* GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY */
       break;
     case ARG_PLUGIN_LOAD:
@@ -910,7 +921,8 @@ parse_one_option (gint opt, const gchar * arg, GError ** err)
       break;
     case ARG_REGISTRY_UPDATE_DISABLE:
 #ifndef GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY
-      _priv_gst_disable_registry_update = TRUE;
+      if (!_priv_gst_disable_registry)
+        _priv_gst_disable_registry_update = TRUE;
 #endif
       break;
     case ARG_REGISTRY_FORK_DISABLE:

diff --git a/gst/gstregistry.c b/gst/gstregistry.c
index 541e31c..f16d2eb 100644 (file)
--- a/gst/gstregistry.c
+++ b/gst/gstregistry.c
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ static gboolean _gst_enable_registry_fork = DEFAULT_FORK;
 extern GSList *_priv_gst_preload_plugins;
 
 #ifndef GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY
+/* Set to TRUE to disable registry, behaves similar to GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY */
+gboolean _priv_gst_disable_registry = FALSE;
 /*set to TRUE when registry needn't to be updated */
 gboolean _priv_gst_disable_registry_update = FALSE;
 extern GList *_priv_gst_plugin_paths;
@@ -1838,14 +1840,19 @@ gst_update_registry (void)
   gboolean res;
 
 #ifndef GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY
-  GError *err = NULL;
+  if (!_priv_gst_disable_registry) {
+    GError *err = NULL;
 
-  res = ensure_current_registry (&err);
-  if (err) {
-    GST_WARNING ("registry update failed: %s", err->message);
-    g_error_free (err);
+    res = ensure_current_registry (&err);
+    if (err) {
+      GST_WARNING ("registry update failed: %s", err->message);
+      g_error_free (err);
+    } else {
+      GST_LOG ("registry update succeeded");
+    }
   } else {
-    GST_LOG ("registry update succeeded");
+    GST_INFO ("registry update disabled by environment");
+    res = TRUE;
   }
 
 #else