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.