No longer calling cPlugin::ProcessArgs() if VDR is run with the --help or --version option

3 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index c6085514..d70f4aff 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1400,6 +1400,8 @@ Udo Richter <udo_richter@gmx.de>
  Up/Down in insert mode
  for fixing handling the "Setup/OSD/Menu button closes" option when set to 'yes' in
  case a replay is active
+ for reporting a problem with plugins that report errors when VDR is run with the
+ --help or --version option
 
 Sven Kreiensen <svenk@kammer.uni-hannover.de>
  for his help in keeping 'channels.conf.terr' up to date
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 01ef15e3..bf0b1d66 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4495,3 +4495,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - When hitting the end of a recording in fast forward mode, VDR no longer switches
   back to normal speed if the recording is already finished (thanks to Reinhard
   Nissl).
+- No longer calling cPlugin::ProcessArgs() if VDR is run with the --help or
+  --version option, to avoid error messages from plugins (reported by Udo Richter).
diff --git a/plugin.c b/plugin.c
index 6ceb561b..69d558cf 100644
--- a/plugin.c
+++ b/plugin.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: plugin.c 1.17 2006/02/28 14:16:54 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: plugin.c 1.18 2006/04/09 14:16:17 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "plugin.h"
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ bool cDll::Load(bool Log)
         if (argc)
            plugin->SetName(argv[0]);
         optind = 0; // to reset the getopt() data
-        return !argc || plugin->ProcessArgs(argc, argv);
+        return !Log || !argc || plugin->ProcessArgs(argc, argv);
         }
      }
   else {