Emulator freezes without access to Internet.

[edorax]

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Expected behavior

It doesn't freeze.

Actual behavior

If there's no access to the Internet, the emulator freezes after the main window appears at startup.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

On Windows:
Disable the NIC or simple unplug the wire, then run the emulator.

void GameArea::OnIdle(wxIdleEvent& event)
{
...
// Check for online updates
if (gopts.onlineupdates > 0 && !emusys) {
// stuck here
-> wxGetApp().frame->CheckForUpdates();
}
...
}

Build details

1. Setup the build system of MXE with:
   https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/mxe
   Installed package needed by vba-m in MXE: wxwidgets, sdl2 he sfml, etc.
   Preppend the directory of usr/bin of MXE to the PATH env var.
2. Pull the vba-m source from this Git repo:
   git clone https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m.git
3. Create makefile:
   unset env | grep -vP '^\t' | grep -vi '^EDITOR=\|^HOME=\|^LANG=\|MXE\|^PATH=' | grep -vi 'PKG_CONFIG\|PROXY\|^PS1=\|^TERM=' | cut -d '=' -f1 | tr '\n' ' '
   BUILD_DIR=build-vbam-mxe
   rm -rf ${BUILD_DIR}
   && mkdir ${BUILD_DIR}
   && cd ${BUILD_DIR}
   && i686-w64-mingw32.static-cmake
   ../vba-m/visualboyadvance-m
4. Make it:
   make -C ${BUILD_DIR}

Operating System (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.):
Host OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64bit)
Target OS: Windows 7 (64bit)

Interface (wx, SDL, default is wx):
Is wx.

Version of code (pre-built binary version, or commit ref, or just "master"):
master

Any other relevant build information:

If this is e.g. a joystick or video issue, then the relevant hardware information:

[ZachBacon]

The issue is known and will be changed eventually. Will keep this up anyways.

[rkitover]

Fixed in a493e0f.

We need to reimplement the executable updating and ROM database updating using something like Sparkle at some point.

[rkitover]

@edorax btw, on Ubuntu you can use:

./installdeps win32

to install all MXE deps automatically.