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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start with Extractor/ExtractFlow.cpp and compare the ES_PORT_ARCHIVE handling for Linux with the Windows and console paths. Check how command-line arguments select extraction steps, then run the Linux ROM conversion with and without an argument; it is done when passing a ROM as an argument triggers conversion like the Windows version.

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Description

bug
Expected behavior:

linux version should work like windows version and convert rom when passed as an argument

System Information:
  • OS: Linux
  • GFX OpenGL
  • Game Version: 2.0.0
  • Rom Version:
Work around for Extractor/ExtractFlow.cpp

Existing

            case ES_PORT_ARCHIVE: {
                if (portArchiveVersionMatch) {
#ifdef _WIN32
                    extractStep = ES_WINDOWS;
#elif (defined(__WIIU__) || defined(__SWITCH__))
                    extractStep = ES_VERIFY;
#else
                    extractStep = ES_EXTRACT;
#endif

Patched

            case ES_PORT_ARCHIVE: {
                if (portArchiveVersionMatch) {
#ifdef _WIN32
                    extractStep = ES_WINDOWS;
#elif (defined(__WIIU__) || defined(__SWITCH__))
                    extractStep = ES_VERIFY;
#else
                    extractStep = args.empty() ? ES_EXTRACT : ES_EXTRACT_ARGS;
#endif
Dominant language
C
Stars
533
Forks
50
Avg merge
9h 59m
Merged PRs (30d)
48

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