[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 508070] New: gstreamer crashes whilst trying to read .so files in .debug directories

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  GStreamer | gstreamer (core) | Ver: HEAD CVS
           Summary: gstreamer crashes whilst trying to read .so files in
                    .debug directories
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: HEAD CVS
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gstreamer (core)
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: rob at robster.org.uk
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


If there is a .debug directory (containing debugging symbols for the plugins)
within the plugin directory gstreamer will attempt to dlopen() the elf files
inside it. Unfortunately dlopen()ing these files leads to a crash.

This patch avoids this by ignoring .debug directories when building the
registry.

The patch is against CVS HEAD but was backported to 0.10.4 for testing and
worked fine.


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