[mythtv] [PATCH] Trivial kludge to get mythgame working with xmame 0.84+

[Jon]

This is just a simple single-line workaround to get mythgame working 
with 0.84+ of xmame until such time as support for the new -listxml 
switch is added.

You will need the xml2info program (in the xmame-0.85/src directory of 
the xmame distribution) compiled and installed in /usr/local/bin for the 
workaround. It needs to be compiled separately, as it isn't taken care 
of in the xmame make. I had to add -lexpat to the suggested compile 
flags get it to compile on Mandrake 10.0 Official.

All this patch does is change the -listinfo switch to -listxml and pipe 
it through the xml2info utility to convert it back to the format 
mythgame can handle. It's just a quick and dirty kludge, but it does the 
trick for me. The diff is taken from the August 17 mythgame cvs, 
although applying to older versions should be trivial.

--- mythgame/mythgame/mamehandler.cpp   2004-06-25 19:04:15.000000000 -0400
+++ mythgame.patched/mythgame/mamehandler.cpp   2004-08-16 
22:59:53.000000000 -0400
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
               /* Generate the list */
               VERBOSE(VB_ALL, QString("This version of xmame supports 
%1 games... "
                                       "Getting the 
list.").arg(supported_games));
-                makecmd_line("-listinfo 2>/dev/null", &infocmd, romPath);
+                makecmd_line("-listxml | /usr/local/bin/xml2info 
2>/dev/null", &infocmd, romPath);
               xmame_info = popen(infocmd, "r");

               VERBOSE(VB_ALL, "Verifying the installed games.");

Cheers.

-----
Jon
http://groundglass.ca
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--- mythgame/mythgame/mamehandler.cpp   2004-06-25 19:04:15.000000000 -0400
+++ mythgame.patched/mythgame/mamehandler.cpp   2004-08-16 22:59:53.000000000 -0400
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
                 /* Generate the list */
                 VERBOSE(VB_ALL, QString("This version of xmame supports %1 games... "
                                         "Getting the list.").arg(supported_games));
-                makecmd_line("-listinfo 2>/dev/null", &infocmd, romPath);
+                makecmd_line("-listxml | /usr/local/bin/xml2info 2>/dev/null", &infocmd, romPath);
                 xmame_info = popen(infocmd, "r");
 
                 VERBOSE(VB_ALL, "Verifying the installed games.");