bug#38360: closed (Retroarch might violate FSDG)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Retroarch might violate FSDG Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:15:01 +0100

Hello guix!

How I reported today on the IRC #guix channel:

We might have a problem on how retroarch is packaged. I've never used it, tried just now. There's the "core download" section where it downloads "$core.so.zip". Those are .so files: .config/retroarch/cores/atari800_libretro.so:     file format elf64-x86-64.

I think we should either compile them and ship them or remove the download section or something.

Also, when downloading cores there are no license info

nckx provided this [1] as a useful link. It seems that some of the plugins are available for non-commercial projects only (so not compatible with the GPLv3, used by retroarch).

It is something we should investigate and address, both for licensing issues and for safety (and because we do not want to ship precompiled binaries).

Thanks, Nicolò

[1] https://www.libretro.com/index.php/retroarch-license-violations

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#38360: [PATCH] gnu: retroarch: Disable Online Updater [FSDG fix]. Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 22:20:12 +0100

Nicolò, Guix,

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix 写道：

* gnu/packages/emulators.scm (retroarch)[source]: Add patch and snippet. * packages/patches/retroarch-disable-online-updater.patch: New file.

* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.

That patch was incomplete, but I've pushed a similar fix as 775497549c6114ebdce57e787c94d5fedc368e49.

I'm marking this as done. Let me know if there's anything I missed.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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