1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/fix-libretro-paths.patch b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/fix-libretro-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..203ce836533d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/fix-libretro-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/configuration.c b/configuration.c
+index e6a3841324..afb1d6e2ce 100644
+--- a/configuration.c
++++ b/configuration.c
+@@ -1456,7 +1456,7 @@ static struct config_path_setting *populate_settings_path(
+    SETTING_PATH("core_options_path",
+          settings->paths.path_core_options, false, NULL, true);
+    SETTING_PATH("libretro_info_path",
+-         settings->paths.path_libretro_info, false, NULL, true);
++         settings->paths.path_libretro_info, false, NULL, false);
+    SETTING_PATH("content_database_path",
+          settings->paths.path_content_database, false, NULL, true);
+    SETTING_PATH("cheat_database_path",
+diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
+index 722e1c595c..e7313ee038 100644
+--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
++++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_unix.c
+@@ -1825,8 +1825,8 @@ static void frontend_unix_get_env(int *argc,
+    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_CORE_INFO], base_path,
+          "core_info", sizeof(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_CORE_INFO]));
+ #else
+-   fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_CORE_INFO], base_path,
+-         "cores", sizeof(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_CORE_INFO]));
++   fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_CORE_INFO], "@libretro_info_path@",
++         "", sizeof(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_CORE_INFO]));
+ #endif
+    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_AUTOCONFIG], base_path,
+          "autoconfig", sizeof(g_defaults.dirs[DEFAULT_DIR_AUTOCONFIG]));