new files from sakari, missed last time
[ardour.git] / libs / ardour / configuration.cc
index 1460491180c51553d7b5e6a7c3ecfea352d887d5..56dfd99f024729cf26201bb02f7e72da5e8ee374 100644 (file)
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <cstdio> /* for snprintf, grrr */
 
+#include <glib.h>  
+#include <glib/gstdio.h> /* for g_stat() */
+#include <glibmm/miscutils.h>
+
 #include <pbd/failed_constructor.h>
 #include <pbd/xml++.h>
 #include <pbd/filesystem.h>
@@ -80,7 +84,8 @@ Configuration::load_state ()
        bool found = false;
 
        sys::path system_rc_file;
-       
+       struct stat statbuf;
+
        /* load system configuration first */
        
        if ( find_file_in_search_path (ardour_search_path() + system_config_search_path(),
@@ -91,18 +96,28 @@ Configuration::load_state ()
 
                string rcfile = system_rc_file.to_string();
 
-               cerr << string_compose (_("loading system configuration file %1"), rcfile) << endl;
+               /* stupid XML Parser hates empty files */
                
-               if (!tree.read (rcfile.c_str())) {
-                       error << string_compose(_("Ardour: cannot read system configuration file \"%1\""), rcfile) << endmsg;
+               if (g_stat (rcfile.c_str(), &statbuf)) {
                        return -1;
                }
 
-               current_owner = ConfigVariableBase::System;
-
-               if (set_state (*tree.root())) {
-                       error << string_compose(_("Ardour: system configuration file \"%1\" not loaded successfully."), rcfile) << endmsg;
-                       return -1;
+               if (statbuf.st_size != 0) {
+                       cerr << string_compose (_("loading system configuration file %1"), rcfile) << endl;
+                       
+                       if (!tree.read (rcfile.c_str())) {
+                               error << string_compose(_("Ardour: cannot read system configuration file \"%1\""), rcfile) << endmsg;
+                               return -1;
+                       }
+                       
+                       current_owner = ConfigVariableBase::System;
+                       
+                       if (set_state (*tree.root())) {
+                               error << string_compose(_("Ardour: system configuration file \"%1\" not loaded successfully."), rcfile) << endmsg;
+                               return -1;
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       error << _("your system Ardour configuration file is empty. This probably means that there as an error installing Ardour") << endmsg;
                }
        }
 
@@ -114,23 +129,32 @@ Configuration::load_state ()
                        "ardour.rc", user_rc_file))
        {
                XMLTree tree;
-               found = true;
-       
+               
                string rcfile = user_rc_file.to_string();
 
-               cerr << string_compose (_("loading user configuration file %1"), rcfile) << endl;
+               /* stupid XML parser hates empty files */
 
-               if (!tree.read (rcfile)) {
-                       error << string_compose(_("Ardour: cannot read configuration file \"%1\""), rcfile) << endmsg;
+               if (g_stat (rcfile.c_str(), &statbuf)) {
                        return -1;
                }
 
-               current_owner = ConfigVariableBase::Config;
-
-               if (set_state (*tree.root())) {
-                       error << string_compose(_("Ardour: user configuration file \"%1\" not loaded successfully."), rcfile) << endmsg;
-                       return -1;
-               }
+               if (statbuf.st_size != 0) {
+                       cerr << string_compose (_("loading user configuration file %1"), rcfile) << endl;
+                       
+                       if (!tree.read (rcfile)) {
+                               error << string_compose(_("Ardour: cannot read configuration file \"%1\""), rcfile) << endmsg;
+                               return -1;
+                       }
+                       
+                       current_owner = ConfigVariableBase::Config;
+                       
+                       if (set_state (*tree.root())) {
+                               error << string_compose(_("Ardour: user configuration file \"%1\" not loaded successfully."), rcfile) << endmsg;
+                               return -1;
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       warning << _("your Ardour configuration file is empty. This is not normal.") << endmsg;
+               }       
        }
 
        if (!found)