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registry: improve plugin loader failure message for uninstalled setups

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Everyone running an uninstalled git setup is going to wonder about
this failure next time they update, so let's mention the solution
in the error message.
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Tim-Philipp Müller 2009-10-07 14:34:17 +01:00
parent 31218013a3
commit 53c9c9d975
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gst/gstregistry.c
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@ -890,7 +890,12 @@ gst_registry_scan_plugin_file (GstRegistryScanContext * context,
GST_DEBUG ("Using scan-helper to load plugin %s", filename); GST_DEBUG ("Using scan-helper to load plugin %s", filename);
if (!_priv_gst_plugin_loader_funcs.load (context->helper, if (!_priv_gst_plugin_loader_funcs.load (context->helper,
filename, file_size, file_mtime)) { filename, file_size, file_mtime)) {
g_warning ("External plugin loader failed..."); g_warning ("External plugin loader failed. This most likely means that "
"the plugin loader helper binary was not found or could not be run. "
"%s", (g_getenv ("GST_PLUGIN_PATH") != NULL) ?
"If you are running an uninstalled GStreamer setup, you might need "
"to update your gst-uninstalled script so that the "
"GST_PLUGIN_SCANNER environment variable gets set." : "");
context->helper_state = REGISTRY_SCAN_HELPER_DISABLED; context->helper_state = REGISTRY_SCAN_HELPER_DISABLED;
} }
} else { } else {