show_distro_config() {

  config_message+="\n\n Lakka configuration:"
  config_message+="\n $dashes$dashes"

  if [ "${DISABLE_LIBRETRO_OPTIONAL}" = "yes" ]; then
    config_message+="\n  Excluding optional packages:"
  else
    config_message+="\n  Including optional packages:"
  fi

  for pkg in ${LIBRETRO_OPTIONAL} ; do
    config_message+="\n\t\t\t\t${pkg}"
  done

  config_message+="\n $dashes$dashes"

  if [ "${DISABLE_LIBRETRO_CORES}" = "yes" ]; then
    config_message+="\n  Building without any libretro cores!"
  else
    # source the libretro_cores package
    if [ ! -f ${ROOT}/packages/lakka/libretro_cores/package.mk ]; then
      echo "FAILURE: Cannot find packages/lakka/libretro_cores/package.mk!"
      exit 1
    fi
    . ${ROOT}/packages/lakka/libretro_cores/package.mk
    declare -i count=0
    for pkg in ${LIBRETRO_CORES} ; do count+=1 ; done
    config_message+="\n  Including ${count} libretro core(s)"
  fi
}