[vlc-devel] [PATCH 22/27] modules: use VLC_PLUGIN_PATH if it exists

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le torstaina 25. kesäkuuta 2020, 18.17.43 EEST Romain Vimont a écrit :
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 05:37:42PM +0300, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> > Le torstaina 25. kesäkuuta 2020, 15.23.09 EEST Romain Vimont a écrit :
> > > Do not overwrite the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable if it exists.
> > 
> > Overriding is very much done on purpose. Otherwise, it would be disastrous
> > when people develop with the variable set and everything in the build tree
> > suddently starts failing.
> > 
> > -1
> 
> Would it be ok to force VLC_PLUGIN_PATH to "modules:doc" instead of
> "modules" when the flag is enabled? (or always?)

That's almost as bad - stale plugins causing weird failures in build and 
tests.

If you want custom settings, use the regular executable.

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