libaccounts-glib Reference Manual: Running and debugging libaccounts-glib applications

Running and debugging libaccounts-glib applications

Environment variables

There are various debugging techniques available for applications which use libaccounts-glib.

Environment variables

There are several environment variables which can aid in debugging libaccounts-glib applications by changing runtime behavior.

Supported envionment variables

ACCOUNTS

Specifies the path to the accounts database. If this is unset, the database is stored in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libaccounts-glib, which normally expands to ~/.config/libaccounts-glib.

AG_DEBUG

Can be set to a list of debug options, which causes libaccounts-glib to print different debug information.

AG_DEBUG options

`time`	Print timing debug messages.
`refs`	Print reference-counting debug messages.
`locks`	Print locking debug messages.
`queries`	Print SQL query debug messages.
`info`	Print miscellaneous debug messages.

The special value all can be used to turn on all debug options.

In order for debug messages to be printed, libaccounts-glib must have been configured with the option --enable-debug. Additionally, GLib must be configured to print debug messages at the required debug level, for example with G_MESSAGES_DEBUG set to all.

AG_APPLICATIONS

Specifies the path to search for application manifest files.

AG_PROVIDERS

Specifies the path to search for provider description files.

AG_SERVICES

Specifies the path to search for service descriptions files.

AG_SERVICE_TYPES

Specifies the path to search for service type description files.