--- a/gst/gstinfo.c
+++ b/gst/gstinfo.c
@@ -462,6 +462,39 @@ gst_debug_log (GstDebugCategory * catego
   va_end (var_args);
 }
 
+typedef struct {
+  const gchar *file;
+  const gchar *function;
+  const gint   line;
+} GstDebugTraceLocation;
+
+
+/**
+ * gst_debug_log2:
+ *  <at> category: category to log
+ *  <at> level: level of the message is in
+ *  <at> location: the file, function name, and line number of the location that
+ *    emitted the message
+ *  <at> object: the object this message relates to or NULL if none
+ *  <at> format: a printf style format string
+ *  <at> ...: optional arguments for the format
+ *
+ * Logs the given message using the currently registered debugging handlers.
+ */
+void
+gst_debug_log2 (GstDebugCategory * category, GstDebugLevel level,
+    const GstDebugTraceLocation * location,
+    GObject * object, const gchar * format, ...)
+{
+#if 0
+  va_list var_args;
+
+  va_start (var_args, format);
+  gst_debug_log_valist2 (category, level, location, object, format, var_args);
+  va_end (var_args);
+#endif
+}
+
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 /* based on g_basename(), which we can't use because it was deprecated */
 static inline const gchar *