Call retropie_packages install_bin With a Version #?

[lizardwiz]

I have looked at the code, it is hard to tell because I don't have access to https://files.retropie.org.uk/binaries/, but I am guessing that there is no versioning in that repo? I don't see a mechanism to install/update a specific version (to make an exact copy of an existing retropie setup). Am I correct here?

Assuming I can't use the script as is to install from source for a specific version either, right?

The version is from the configs/all/retropie/cores.

Could I theoretically pull from the git repo and reset to a commit sha value then build from that? I can't seem to find where that commit sha is stored...

[mitu]

@lizardwiz said in Call retropie_packages install_bin With a Version #?:

I don't see a mechanism to install/update a specific version (to make an exact copy of an existing retropie setup). Am I correct here?

Yes, there is no versioning for binary packages.

Assuming I can't use the script as is to install from source for a specific version either, right?

Only if you modify the script and add the commit branch you'd like.

[lizardwiz]

@mitu Is the commit branch stored somewhere on the pi? It seems like the pkg_info can find it. I am having trouble locating it. To be clear, I could theoretically replicate the sources parm, by just pulling the git commit by myself (I assume I can find where to place it somewhere in the code) and just resuming from the build step...right?

[mitu]

@lizardwiz said in Call retropie_packages install_bin With a Version #?:

Is the commit branch stored somewhere on the pi? It seems like the pkg_info can find it.

Yes, there's a retropie.pkg file which stores the build info (branch/commit/repo/build date/etc.). You can view this info from the Package version information menu of an installed package.

[lizardwiz]

@mitu awesome, thanks! It seems pretty silly to attempt to match EXACT versions, since retropie works with latest version anyways. I guess I'll just make my script compare version numbers and if it is < the system I want to replicate, just use the retropie_packages.sh with install_bin. Building EVERYTHING from source and hacking the source parm seems unnecessarily silly.