From 81b8dac4343cda7f8a7a3a29f38dada747310142 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdessamad Derraz <3028866+Abdess@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:50:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: seed agnostic scans from the running build

---
 scripts/packextras.py            | 11 ++++++-
 tests/test_agnostic_scan_mode.py | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/test_agnostic_scan_mode.py

diff --git a/scripts/packextras.py b/scripts/packextras.py
index fb054e5c..eeb534a2 100644
--- a/scripts/packextras.py
+++ b/scripts/packextras.py
@@ -278,12 +278,21 @@ def _agnostic_scan_extras(
                 agnostic_votes.get(directory + "/", 0) + 1
             )
 
+        standalone = runs_standalone(emu_name, profile, standalone_set or set())
         for f in profile.get("files", []):
             if not is_profile_agnostic and not f.get("agnostic"):
                 continue
             fname = f.get("name", "")
             if not fname:
                 continue
+            # A file of the build the platform does not run seeds nothing:
+            # armsx2's proverb.zip is fetched by the Android app into its own
+            # arcade/ folder, and the libretro packs carried it at system/.
+            mode = f.get("mode")
+            if (mode == "standalone" and not standalone) or (
+                mode == "libretro" and standalone
+            ):
+                continue
             # An agnostic BIOS mode says the BIOS filename is free, not that
             # every file the emulator loads is.  A free filename still has a
             # known shape, and that shape is what identifies a candidate: an
@@ -325,7 +334,7 @@ def _agnostic_scan_extras(
                 # Into the directory the seed entry names, not the root:
                 # yaps2 reads its BIOS from pcsx2/bios/.
                 seed = f.get("path") or ""
-                if runs_standalone(emu_name, profile, standalone_set or set()):
+                if standalone:
                     seed = f.get("standalone_path") or seed
                 folder = seed.rsplit("/", 1)[0] if "/" in seed else ""
                 dest = f"{folder}/{scan_name}" if folder else scan_name
diff --git a/tests/test_agnostic_scan_mode.py b/tests/test_agnostic_scan_mode.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e165aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_agnostic_scan_mode.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+"""A filename-agnostic scan seeds only from the build the platform runs.
+
+armsx2 declares bios_mode: agnostic, and its proverb.zip is a standalone
+file the Android app fetches into its arcade/ folder. The scan never read
+`mode:` and put it at system/proverb.zip in every pack running armsx2 as a
+libretro core, while verify set the entry aside. Reads the repository.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import sys
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+sys.path.insert(0, str(REPO_ROOT / "scripts"))
+
+
+class ScanFollowsTheBuild(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_no_standalone_seed_in_a_libretro_pack(self):
+        if not (REPO_ROOT / "database.json").exists():
+            self.skipTest("database.json is not built")
+        previous = os.getcwd()
+        os.chdir(REPO_ROOT)
+        self.addCleanup(os.chdir, previous)
+        from common import load_database, load_emulator_profiles, load_platform_config
+        from packextras import _collect_emulator_extras
+
+        profiles = load_emulator_profiles("emulators")
+        entry = next(
+            (f for f in profiles.get("armsx2", {}).get("files", [])
+             if f.get("name") == "proverb.zip"),
+            None,
+        )
+        if entry is None or entry.get("mode") != "standalone":
+            self.skipTest("armsx2 no longer declares a standalone proverb.zip")
+        config = load_platform_config("retroarch")
+        extras = _collect_emulator_extras(
+            config, "emulators", load_database("database.json"), set(),
+            config.get("base_destination", ""), profiles,
+        )
+        self.assertNotIn(
+            ("proverb.zip", "ARMSX2"),
+            {(e["name"], e.get("source_emulator")) for e in extras},
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()