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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# usage:
+# copy core libs (*_libretro_wiiu.a), info files (https://github.com/libretro/libretro-super/tree/master/dist/info)
+# and icons (https://github.com/libretro/retroarch-assets/tree/master/pkg/wiiu) to this directory then run
+# the script. the output will be in retroarch/pkg/wiiu
+
+RARCH_VERSION=1.3.6
+
+platform=wiiu
+EXT=a
+
+mkdir -p ../pkg/wiiu/wiiu/apps/
+
+make -C ../ -f Makefile.${platform} clean || exit 1
+
+gen_meta_xml()
+{
+   info="$1"_libretro.info
+   if [  -e $info ] ; then
+      display_name=`cat $info | grep "display_name = " | sed "s/display_name = \"//" | sed s/\"//`
+      corename=`cat $info | grep "corename = " | sed "s/corename = \"//" | sed s/\"//`
+      authors=`cat $info | grep "authors = " | sed "s/authors = \"//" | sed s/\"// | sed s/\|/\ -\ /g`
+      echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>' > "$libretro"_meta.xml
+      echo '<app version="1">' >> "$libretro"_meta.xml
+      echo '  <name>'$corename'</name>' >> "$libretro"_meta.xml
+      echo '  <coder>'$authors'</coder>' >> "$libretro"_meta.xml
+      echo '  <version>'$RARCH_VERSION'</version>' >> "$libretro"_meta.xml
+      echo '  <release_date>'`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`'</release_date>' >> "$libretro"_meta.xml
+      echo '  <short_description>RetroArch</short_description>' >> "$libretro"_meta.xml
+      echo '  <long_description>'$display_name'</long_description>' >> "$libretro"_meta.xml
+      echo '</app>' >> "$libretro"_meta.xml
+   fi
+}
+
+for f in `ls -v *_${platform}.${EXT}`; do
+   name=`echo "$f" | sed "s/\(_libretro_${platform}\|\).${EXT}$//"`
+   whole_archive=
+
+   if [ $name = "nxengine" ] ; then
+      echo "Applying whole archive linking..."
+      whole_archive="WHOLE_ARCHIVE_LINK=1"
+   fi
+
+   echo "-- Building core: $name --"
+   cp -f "$f" ../libretro_${platform}.${EXT}
+   echo NAME: $name
+
+   # Compile core
+   make -C ../ -f Makefile.${platform} LIBRETRO=$name $whole_archive -j3 || exit 1
+   mkdir -p ../pkg/wiiu/wiiu/apps/${name}_libretro
+   mv -f ../retroarch_wiiu.elf ../pkg/wiiu/wiiu/apps/${name}_libretro/${name}_libretro.elf
+
+   gen_meta_xml $name
+   if [  -e $info ] ; then
+      mv -f "$libretro"_meta.xml ../pkg/wiiu/wiiu/apps/${name}_libretro/meta.xml
+   else
+      cp -f ../pkg/wiiu/meta.xml ../pkg/wiiu/wiiu/apps/${name}_libretro/meta.xml
+   fi
+   if [  -e $name.png ] ; then
+      cp -f $name.png ../pkg/wiiu/wiiu/apps/${name}_libretro/icon.png
+   else
+      cp -f ../pkg/wiiu/icon.png ../pkg/wiiu/wiiu/apps/${name}_libretro/icon.png
+   fi
+done
+
+# Additional build step