From cc907f3df505907b61f2a58b6df5662d264b1053 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 12:21:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] no pingbacks if running a development version

---
 gtk2_ardour/pingback.cc | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/pingback.cc b/gtk2_ardour/pingback.cc
index bbcd44111c..d123d3edcf 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/pingback.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/pingback.cc
@@ -241,6 +241,14 @@ namespace ARDOUR {
 
 void pingback (const string& version, const string& announce_path)
 {
+	/* check this is not being run from ./ardev etc. */
+	gchar const *x = g_getenv ("ARDOUR_THEMES_PATH");
+
+	if (x && string (x).find ("gtk2_ardour") != string::npos) {
+		std::cerr << "no ping\n";
+		return;
+	}
+
 	ping_call* cm = new ping_call (version, announce_path);
 	pthread_t thread;