Incorrect assets_directory, and libretro_info_path

[davidhedlund]

In Trisquel 11 but not in some other distros, Appimage version 1.16.0 generates a retroarch.cfg file with:

• assets_directory = "/usr/share/libretro/assets/" instead of assets_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/assets/"
• libretro_info_path = "/usr/share/libretro/info/" instead of libretro_info_path = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"

Note: "~" is correct and can be verified by running ./RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage? from the command line, which says `Setting $HOME to [the directory that you extracted the appimage in]/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage.home

Why do we want to fix this?

• It makes the Appimage dependent of the retroarch-assets package, which is ok since the core packages will install it. But:
• Even if the retroarch-assets package is installed, it may not be used correctly. For example, sometimes I had font and icon issues with both XMB and Ozone with the retroarch-assets package (version 1.4.1+git20170209+dfsg1-1).

Appimage 1.16.0 in a distro without the retroarch-assets package installed:

retroarch.cfg configured with assets_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/assets/"

[hizzlekizzle]

Hmm, are you sure that's not left over from an old config used with distro packages? Assets are working fine here and I don't have any distro assets packages installed.

[davidhedlund]

Hmm, are you sure that's not left over from an old config used with distro packages? Assets are working fine here and I don't have any distro assets packages installed.

Here's what I did:

• Extract RetroArch.7z -- version 1.16.0
• Open RetroArch-Linux-x86_64/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage, and then close RetroArch, just to generate a default retroarch.cfg file.
• Execute the cat command:

  $ cat RetroArch-Linux-x86_64/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage.home/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg | grep ^assets_directory
  assets_directory = "/usr/share/libretro/assets/"

[hizzlekizzle]

Dunno man, I just did your exact steps and got:

assets_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/assets"

[davidhedlund]

Dunno man, I just did your exact steps and got:

assets_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/assets"

Thank you for confirming. That was unexpected. Count potentially be a distro issue?

I'm running Trisquel (based on Ubuntu). I'll evaluate this issue for Ubuntu distros later.

[davidhedlund]

Dunno man, I just did your exact steps and got:

assets_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/assets"

While we're on the subject, this is my default core info

• Extract RetroArch.7z -- version 1.16.0
• Open RetroArch-Linux-x86_64/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage, and then close RetroArch, just to generate a default retroarch.cfg file.
• Execute the cat command:

  $ cat RetroArch-Linux-x86_64/RetroArch-Linux-x86_64.AppImage.home/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg | grep ^libretro_info_path
  libretro_info_path = "/usr/share/libretro/info/"

What is your default value for libretro_info_path?

[hizzlekizzle]

libretro_info_path = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"

the one on your system is the default for most distro packages.

[davidhedlund]

libretro_info_path = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"

Thank you for the info again.

the one on your system is the default for most distro packages.

Yes, of course.