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charset=\"US-ASCII\"; x-default=true","X-BeenThere":"libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org","X-Mailman-Version":"2.1.29","Precedence":"list","List-Id":"<libcamera-devel.lists.libcamera.org>","List-Unsubscribe":"<https://lists.libcamera.org/options/libcamera-devel>,\n\t<mailto:libcamera-devel-request@lists.libcamera.org?subject=unsubscribe>","List-Archive":"<https://lists.libcamera.org/pipermail/libcamera-devel/>","List-Post":"<mailto:libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org>","List-Help":"<mailto:libcamera-devel-request@lists.libcamera.org?subject=help>","List-Subscribe":"<https://lists.libcamera.org/listinfo/libcamera-devel>,\n\t<mailto:libcamera-devel-request@lists.libcamera.org?subject=subscribe>","Errors-To":"libcamera-devel-bounces@lists.libcamera.org","Sender":"\"libcamera-devel\" <libcamera-devel-bounces@lists.libcamera.org>"},"content":"A newly introduced LIBCAMERA_CONFIG_DIR environment variable specifies a\ndirectory or a list of directories separated by colons where to look for\nthe libcamera configuration file before trying the standard locations.\n\nSigned-off-by: Milan Zamazal <mzamazal@redhat.com>\n---\n Documentation/runtime_configuration.rst     |  5 +++++\n src/libcamera/base/global_configuration.cpp | 15 +++++++++------\n 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)","diff":"diff --git a/Documentation/runtime_configuration.rst b/Documentation/runtime_configuration.rst\nindex 9e2650799..8f9e6fd75 100644\n--- a/Documentation/runtime_configuration.rst\n+++ b/Documentation/runtime_configuration.rst\n@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ order:\n - LIBCAMERA_SYSCONF_DIR/configuration.yaml\n - /etc/libcamera/configuration.yaml\n \n+If LIBCAMERA_CONFIG_DIR environment variable is non-empty then it\n+specifies additional directories where to look for the configuration\n+file, before looking at the standard locations. It can be a single\n+directory or multiple directories separated by colons.\n+\n The default name of the configuration file, configuration.yaml, can be\n overridden in LIBCAMERA_CONFIG_NAME environment variable. The variable\n can specify just an alternative configuration file name to be looked up\ndiff --git a/src/libcamera/base/global_configuration.cpp b/src/libcamera/base/global_configuration.cpp\nindex 9c9d1d74e..d3e148e91 100644\n--- a/src/libcamera/base/global_configuration.cpp\n+++ b/src/libcamera/base/global_configuration.cpp\n@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ bool GlobalConfiguration::loadFile(const std::filesystem::path &fileName)\n \treturn true;\n }\n \n-const std::vector<std::filesystem::path>\n-\tglobalConfigurationDirectories = {\n-\t\tstd::filesystem::path(LIBCAMERA_SYSCONF_DIR),\n-\t\tstd::filesystem::path(\"/etc/libcamera\"),\n-\t};\n-\n void GlobalConfiguration::load()\n {\n \tconst char *libcameraConfigName =\n@@ -97,6 +91,15 @@ void GlobalConfiguration::load()\n \tif (configName.empty())\n \t\tconfigName = std::filesystem::path(\"configuration.yaml\");\n \n+\tconst char *const configDir = utils::secure_getenv(\"LIBCAMERA_CONFIG_DIR\");\n+\tstd::vector<std::filesystem::path> globalConfigurationDirectories;\n+\tif (configDir)\n+\t\tfor (auto const &path : utils::split(configDir, \":\"))\n+\t\t\tif (!path.empty())\n+\t\t\t\tglobalConfigurationDirectories.push_back(path);\n+\tglobalConfigurationDirectories.push_back(LIBCAMERA_SYSCONF_DIR);\n+\tglobalConfigurationDirectories.push_back(\"/etc/libcamera\");\n+\n \tstd::filesystem::path userConfigurationDirectory;\n \tchar *xdgConfigHome = utils::secure_getenv(\"XDG_CONFIG_HOME\");\n \tif (xdgConfigHome) {\n","prefixes":["v10","13/13"]}