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mame -listsoftware output does not capture all sets in the hash directory #12835

Closed Shoegzer closed 2 hours ago

Shoegzer commented 2 hours ago

MAME version

0.270

System information

N/A

INI configuration details

N/A

Emulated system/software

N/A

Incorrect behaviour

In running mame -listsoftware, specific sets found in the mame hash directory are not listed. At the time of 0.270's release, those sets are:

3do_m2
advantage
carbeena
gba_ereader
gtfore
ique
lisa2
pippin_flop
sat_vccart
snes_vkun
tandy6k

Expected behaviour

Output of mame -listsofware captures all software sets as listed in the hash directory. Ideally, a method of automatically catching sync issues prior to a given point release would prevent this from happening again.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Run mame -listsofware and redirect output to a file for analysis
  2. Compare sets listed in the output with the contents of the mame hash directory and observe that the sets noted above are not in that output

Additional details

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cuavas commented 2 hours ago

Those software lists are orphaned (not attached to any systems/devices). -listsoftware only picks up software lists attached to a system/device. Unless you’re volunteering to emulate these things, there’s not much we can do. The minimaws script does put them in its database, though.