Check malloc return value and fix a memory leak.

[vlc] / HACKING

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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ First
 
  - Read this file
 
 
  - Read this file
 

- - Read the information present on http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/
+ - Read the information present on http://www.videolan.org/developers/

 
 
 Requirements
 
 
 Requirements


@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ ____________
 
 You will need the following tools if you plan to use the SVN version of vlc:
 
 
 You will need the following tools if you plan to use the SVN version of vlc:
 

- - autoconf version 2.50 or later
-
- - automake version 1.5 (but 1.6 or later is recommended)
-
- - gettext version 0.10.40 (but 0.11.3 or later is recommended)
+ - Autoconf version 2.60 or later
+ - Automake version 1.9 or later
+ - gettext version 0.16.1 or later
+ - pkg-config
+ - libgcrypt 1.2 (or compatible)

 
 After retrieving the SVN tree, you need to run the bootstrap script to
 generate all the files needed to build vlc. You can then run configure.
 
 After retrieving the SVN tree, you need to run the bootstrap script to
 generate all the files needed to build vlc. You can then run configure.


@@ -72,9 +72,17 @@ How to add a module
 -------------------
 
 To add a module to the repository, just add its sources to a Modules.am
 -------------------
 
 To add a module to the repository, just add its sources to a Modules.am

-file. If you create a new Modules.am, do not forget to add a corresponding
-Makefile line at the end of configure.ac.
+file. If you add a new directory you will need to create a new Modules.am,
+inside that directory. Do not forget to add a corresponding
+Makefile line at the end of configure.ac for this new Modules.am file.

 
 To have the module built, you need to add a call to VLC_ADD_PLUGINS or
 VLC_ADD_BUILTINS to configure.ac with your new module name as argument.
 
 To have the module built, you need to add a call to VLC_ADD_PLUGINS or
 VLC_ADD_BUILTINS to configure.ac with your new module name as argument.

+Look at other modules for guidelines on how to add build and linkage options.
+
+After changing configure.ac you will always need to rerun bootstrap and 
+configure.
+
+VLC keeps a cache of its module (in ~/.vlc/cache on Linux), so you'll have to delete it. (or use vlc --reset-plugins-cache)
+Then use vlc -vvv --color --list to check that your plugin is seen by VLC.