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2 * linux_specific.c: Linux-specific initialization
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4 * Copyright © 2008 Rémi Denis-Courmont
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29 #include <vlc_common.h>
30 #include "../libvlc.h"
36 static void set_libvlc_path (void)
38 static char libvlc_path[PATH_MAX];
40 assert (strlen (LIBDIR) < sizeof (libvlc_path));
41 strcpy (libvlc_path, LIBDIR); /* fail safe */
42 psz_vlcpath = libvlc_path;
44 /* Find the path to libvlc (i.e. ourselves) */
45 FILE *maps = fopen ("/proc/self/maps", "rt");
51 char buf[5000], *dir, *end;
53 if (fgets (buf, sizeof (buf), maps) == NULL)
56 dir = strchr (buf, '/');
59 end = strrchr (dir, '/');
62 if (strncmp (end + 1, "libvlc.so.", 10))
66 printf ("libvlc at %s\n", dir);
67 if (strlen (dir) < sizeof (libvlc_path))
68 strcpy (libvlc_path, dir);
77 # include <gnu/libc-version.h>
81 void system_Init (libvlc_int_t *libvlc, int *argc, const char *argv[])
84 const char *glcv = gnu_get_libc_version ();
86 /* gettext in glibc 2.5-2.7 is not thread-safe. LibVLC keeps crashing,
87 * especially in sterror_r(). Even if we have NLS disabled, the calling
88 * process might have called setlocale(). */
89 if (strverscmp (glcv, "2.5") >= 0 && strverscmp (glcv, "2.8") < 0)
91 fputs ("LibVLC has detected an unusable buggy GNU/libc version.\n",
93 fputs ("Please update to version 2.8 or newer.\n", stderr);
95 #ifndef DISABLE_BUGGY_GLIBC_CHECK
101 /* glibc 2.10, 2.10.1 fail in pthread_cond_wait on 686 */
103 if (strverscmp (glcv, "2.10") >= 0
104 && strverscmp (glcv, "2.10.1") <= 0 /* update version when fixed */
105 && !stat ("/lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0", &st))
107 fputs ("LibVLC has detected an unusable buggy GNU/libc version.\n",
109 fputs ("Please remove GNU/libc acceleration for 686.\n", stderr);
111 # ifndef DISABLE_BUGGY_GLIBC_CHECK
119 static pthread_once_t once = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
120 pthread_once (&once, set_libvlc_path);
122 (void)libvlc; (void)argc; (void)argv;
125 void system_Configure (libvlc_int_t *libvlc, int *argc, const char *argv[])
127 (void)libvlc; (void)argc; (void)argv;
130 void system_End (libvlc_int_t *libvlc)