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+#!/bin/sh
+
+. ./libretro-config.sh
+
+if [ "$platform" ]; then
+   if [ "$platform" = "win" ]; then
+      FORMAT_EXT="dll"
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET=win
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET_ALT=win
+      DIST_DIR=win
+   elif [ "$platform" = "osx" ]; then
+      FORMAT_EXT="dylib"
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET=osx
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET_ALT=osx
+      DIST_DIR=osx
+   else
+      FORMAT_EXT="so"
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET=unix
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET_ALT=unix
+      DIST_DIR=unix
+   fi
+else
+   UNAME=$(uname)
+
+   if [ $(echo $UNAME | grep Linux) ]; then
+      FORMAT_EXT="so"
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET=unix
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET_ALT=unix
+      DIST_DIR=unix
+   elif [ $(echo $UNAME | grep BSD) ]; then
+      FORMAT_EXT="so"
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET=unix
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET_ALT=unix
+      DIST_DIR=bsd
+   elif [ $(echo $UNAME | grep Darwin) ]; then
+      FORMAT_EXT="dylib"
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET=osx
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET_ALT=osx
+      DIST_DIR=osx
+   elif [ $(echo $UNAME | grep -i MINGW) ]; then
+      FORMAT_EXT="dll"
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET=win
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET_ALT=win
+      DIST_DIR=win
+   else
+      # assume this is UNIX-based at least
+      FORMAT_EXT="so"
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET=unix
+      FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET_ALT=unix
+      DIST_DIR=unix
+   fi
+fi
+
+# BSDs don't have readlink -f
+read_link()
+{
+   TARGET_FILE="$1"
+   cd $(dirname "$TARGET_FILE")
+   TARGET_FILE=$(basename "$TARGET_FILE")
+
+   while [ -L "$TARGET_FILE" ]
+   do
+      TARGET_FILE=$(readlink "$TARGET_FILE")
+      cd $(dirname "$TARGET_FILE")
+      TARGET_FILE=$(basename "$TARGET_FILE")
+   done
+
+   PHYS_DIR=$(pwd -P)
+   RESULT="$PHYS_DIR/$TARGET_FILE"
+   echo $RESULT
+}
+
+SCRIPT=$(read_link "$0")
+echo "Script: $SCRIPT"
+BASE_DIR=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")
+if [ -z "$RARCH_DIST_DIR" ]; then
+   RARCH_DIR="$BASE_DIR/dist"
+   RARCH_DIST_DIR="$RARCH_DIR/$DIST_DIR"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JOBS" ]; then
+   JOBS=4
+fi
+
+die()
+{
+   echo $1
+   #exit 1
+}
+
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+X86=false
+X86_64=false
+ARM=false
+ARMV5=false
+ARMV6=false
+ARMV7=false
+if [ $ARCH = x86_64 ]; then
+   echo "x86_64 CPU detected"
+   X86=true
+   X86_64=true
+elif [ $ARCH = i686 ]; then
+   echo "x86_32 CPU detected"
+   X86=true
+elif [ $ARCH = armv5tel ]; then
+   echo "ARMv5 CPU detected"
+   ARM=true
+   ARMV5=true
+   export FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET=armv
+   export FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET_ALT=$FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET
+   export RARCHCFLAGS="${RARCHCFLAGS} -marm"
+elif [ $ARCH = armv6l ]; then
+   echo "ARMv6 CPU detected"
+   ARM=true
+   ARMV6=true
+   export FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET=armv
+   export FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET_ALT=$FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET
+   export RARCHCFLAGS="${RARCHCFLAGS} -marm"
+elif [ $ARCH = armv7l ]; then
+   echo "ARMv7 CPU detected"
+   ARM=true
+   ARMV7=true
+   export FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET=armv
+   export FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET_ALT=$FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET
+   export RARCHCFLAGS="${RARCHCFLAGS} -marm"
+fi
+
+if [ "$HOST_CC" ]; then
+   CC="${HOST_CC}-gcc"
+   CXX="${HOST_CC}-g++"
+   STRIP="${HOST_CC}-strip"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$MAKE" ]; then
+   if [ "$(expr substr $(uname -s) 1 7)" = "MINGW32" ]; then
+      MAKE=mingw32-make
+   else
+      MAKE=make
+   fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$CC" ]; then
+	if [ $FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET = "osx" ]; then
+		CC=clang
+   elif [ "$(expr substr $(uname -s) 1 7)" = "MINGW32" ]; then
+      CC=mingw32-gcc
+   else
+      CC=gcc
+   fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$CXX" ]; then
+	if [ $FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET = "osx" ]; then
+		CXX=clang++
+   elif [ "$(expr substr $(uname -s) 1 7)" = "MINGW32" ]; then
+      CXX=mingw32-g++
+   else
+      CXX=g++
+   fi
+fi
+
+echo "CC = $CC"
+echo "CXX = $CXX"
+echo "STRIP = $STRIP"
+
+mkdir -p "$RARCH_DIST_DIR"
+
+export RARCHCFLAGS=""
+
+check_deps()
+{
+   if [ $ENABLE_GLES ]; then
+      echo "=== Enabling OpenGL ES ==="
+      export ENABLE_GLES="--enable-gles"
+   fi
+   if [ $ARM_NEON ]; then
+      echo "=== Enabling ARM NEON support ==="
+      export ENABLE_NEON="--enable-neon"
+   fi
+
+   if [ "$CORTEX_A8" ]; then
+      echo "=== Enabling Cortex A8 CFLAGS ==="
+      export RARCHCFLAGS="${RARCHCFLAGS} -mcpu=cortex-a8 -mtune=cortex-a8"
+   fi
+   if [ "$CORTEX_A9" ]; then
+      echo "=== Enabling Cortex A9 CFLAGS ==="
+      export RARCHCFLAGS="${RARCHCFLAGS} -mcpu=cortex-a9 -mtune=cortex-a9"
+   fi
+
+   if [ $ARM_NEON ]; then
+      echo "=== Enabling ARM NEON support (CFLAGS) ==="
+      export RARCHCFLAGS=="-mfpu=neon"
+   fi
+}
+
+build_retroarch()
+{
+   cd "$BASE_DIR"
+   pwd
+   if [ -d "retroarch" ]; then
+      echo "=== Building RetroArch ==="
+      cd retroarch
+      check_deps
+      ./configure $ENABLE_GLES $ENABLE_NEON
+      ${MAKE} -f Makefile platform=${FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET} CC="gcc ${RARCHCFLAGS}" $COMPILER -j$JOBS clean || die "Failed to clean RetroArch"
+      ${MAKE} -f Makefile platform=${FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET} CC="gcc ${RARCHCFLAGS}" $COMPILER -j$JOBS || die "Failed to build RetroArch"
+   else
+      echo "RetroArch not fetched, skipping ..."
+   fi
+}
+
+if [ $1 ]; then
+   $1
+else
+   build_retroarch
+fi