diff --git a/scripts/generate_db.py b/scripts/generate_db.py
index 537871b1..f5ddba5b 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_db.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_db.py
@@ -395,6 +395,14 @@ def main():
     return 0
 
 
+def _as_list(value: object) -> list[str]:
+    """A hash field as lowercase values, whether written alone or as a list."""
+    if not value:
+        return []
+    values = value if isinstance(value, list) else str(value).split(",")
+    return [str(v).strip().lower() for v in values if str(v).strip()]
+
+
 def _collect_all_aliases(files: dict) -> dict:
     """Collect alternate filenames from platform YAMLs, core-info, and known aliases.
 
@@ -483,27 +491,31 @@ def _collect_all_aliases(files: dict) -> dict:
                 for file_entry in emu_config.get("files", []):
                     entry_aliases = list(file_entry.get("aliases") or [])
                     entry_name = file_entry.get("name", "")
-                    sha1 = file_entry.get("sha1", "")
-                    md5 = file_entry.get("md5", "")
-                    matched = None
-                    if sha1 and sha1 in files:
-                        matched = sha1
+                    # A profile may accept several revisions: each held one
+                    # is designated by the entry, none of them by guess.
+                    matched: set[str] = {
+                        value for value in _as_list(file_entry.get("sha1"))
+                        if value in files
+                    }
+                    matched |= {
+                        md5_to_sha1[value]
+                        for value in _as_list(file_entry.get("md5"))
+                        if value in md5_to_sha1
+                    }
+                    if matched:
                         # Proven by content, the profile's own name designates
                         # the file whatever the collection calls it.
                         entry_aliases.insert(0, entry_name)
-                    elif md5 and md5 in md5_to_sha1:
-                        matched = md5_to_sha1[md5]
-                        entry_aliases.insert(0, entry_name)
                     if not entry_aliases:
                         continue
                     if not matched and entry_name and name_count.get(entry_name) == 1:
                         # A name carried by several files names none of them:
                         # quasi88's disk.rom aliases went to whichever
                         # disk.rom the scan met last, a Tandy CoCo ROM.
-                        matched = name_to_sha1[entry_name]
-                    if matched:
+                        matched = {name_to_sha1[entry_name]}
+                    for sha in sorted(matched):
                         for alias_name in entry_aliases:
-                            _add_alias(alias_name, matched)
+                            _add_alias(alias_name, sha)
         except ImportError:
             pass
 
diff --git a/tests/test_db_aliases.py b/tests/test_db_aliases.py
index 2268a3a2..25263709 100644
--- a/tests/test_db_aliases.py
+++ b/tests/test_db_aliases.py
@@ -88,5 +88,28 @@ class NoNetworkInTheBuild(unittest.TestCase):
                 os.chdir(previous)
         self.assertEqual([a["name"] for a in aliases.get("s1", [])], ["writer.rom"])
 
+class AcceptedRevisionLists(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_a_list_of_sha1_names_every_held_revision(self):
+        """A profile accepting several revisions writes sha1 as a list."""
+        import generate_db
+
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=REPO_ROOT / "tmp") as tmp:
+            previous = os.getcwd()
+            os.chdir(tmp)
+            try:
+                Path("emulators").mkdir()
+                Path("emulators/m.yml").write_text(
+                    'files:\n  - name: "MT32_CONTROL.ROM"\n'
+                    '    sha1: ["s1", "s2", "absent"]\n'
+                )
+                aliases = generate_db._collect_all_aliases({
+                    "s1": {"name": "ctrl_1_04.rom", "path": "a", "md5": "m1"},
+                    "s2": {"name": "ctrl_1_05.rom", "path": "b", "md5": "m2"},
+                })
+            finally:
+                os.chdir(previous)
+        for sha in ("s1", "s2"):
+            self.assertEqual([a["name"] for a in aliases.get(sha, [])], ["MT32_CONTROL.ROM"])
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()