[Bug 1682863] Re: gnome-games-app and retro-gtk do not pick up pcsx-reloaded and other libretro cores

[amano]

One last thing: There is an upstream libretro repository (PPA). I will check back first, but I tried those upstream packages and they didn't work as well.
Just for your information. They probably miss the descriptor files as well.

** Changed in: gnome-games-app (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

** Changed in: retro-gtk (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

** Also affects: libarchive (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** No longer affects: libarchive (Ubuntu)

** Also affects: libretro-snes9x (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  gnome-games-app and retro-gtk do  not pick up pcsx-reloaded and other
  libretro cores

Status in gnome-games-app package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in libretro-snes9x package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in retro-gtk package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Gnome-games-app discovers Playstation games, NES games and all other
  games supported by Libretro, but when I try to start one, it says
  "Playstation system is not yet supported", even if the proper libretro
  core is installed from the Universe repository.

  When trying the official GNOME.org flatpak version of gnome-games-app
  these games work.

  Obviously the Debian/Ubuntu package of GNOME-games-app is compiled in a way that it doesn't pick up the libretro cores and thus cannot start the emulation.
  GNOME-games-app is broken in Artful and Bionic. But I seem to remember that it worked in Zesty (I hope that this memory is true).

  Jeremy, did you change any compile flags between Zesty and Artful?

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