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+/* GStreamer
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Jan Schmidt <jan.schmidt@sun.com>
+ *
+ * plugin-scanner.c: tool to load plugins out of process for scanning
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Helper binary that does plugin-loading out of process and feeds results
+ * back to the parent over fds.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <gst/gst.h>
+#include <gst/gst_private.h>
+
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ gboolean res;
+ char **my_argv;
+ int my_argc;
+
+ if (argc != 2 || strcmp (argv[1], "-l"))
+ return 1;
+
+ if (!g_thread_supported ())
+ g_thread_init (NULL);
+
+ my_argc = 2;
+ my_argv = g_malloc (my_argc * sizeof (char *));
+ my_argv[0] = argv[0];
+ my_argv[1] = "--gst-disable-registry-update";
+
+#ifndef GST_DISABLE_REGISTRY
+ _gst_disable_registry_cache = TRUE;
+#endif
+
+ res = gst_init_check (&my_argc, &my_argv, NULL);
+
+ g_free (my_argv);
+ if (!res)
+ return 1;
+
+ /* Create registry scanner listener and run */
+ if (!_gst_plugin_loader_client_run ())
+ return 1;
+
+ return 0;
+}