fix: cite profile code as path:line

Sixteen prose citations wrote "file fn() lines N-M", a form the pin
tracker never reads, and four had fallen behind their pins. Each is now
a repository path with the span read at the profile's pin, and a test
refuses the untracked form.

emulators/kronos.yml

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ notes: |
   ROM cartridges for KOF95 and Ultraman are auto-detected via game database
   (db.c) and loaded from system_dir when the corresponding game is running.
 
-  BIOS loading: libretro.c retro_load_game() lines 1601-1727.
-  STV blob table: ctrl/src/stv.c BiosList lines 112-136.
-  ROM cartridge DB: utils/src/db.c lines 43-45.
+  BIOS loading: retro_load_game() at yabause/src/libretro/libretro.c:1601-1727.
+  STV blob table: BiosList at yabause/src/ctrl/src/stv.c:112-136.
+  ROM cartridge DB: yabause/src/utils/src/db.c:43-45.
 
   Standalone supports MPEG card ROM loading (Video CD card); disabled in
   libretro port (mpegpath = NULL in yabause/src/libretro/libretro.c:1578).

emulators/o2em.yml

@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ notes: |
   (e.g. E480.WAV). Compiled with HAVE_VOICE=1 on most platforms. Optional:
   core works without samples, speech is silently skipped.
 
-  BIOS loading: libretro.c load_bios() lines 145-212.
-  BIOS selection: libretro_core_options.h lines 52-64.
-  Voice loading: voice.c init_voice() lines 38-79, called from libretro.c:1060-1067.
+  BIOS loading: load_bios() at libretro.c:150-229.
+  BIOS selection: libretro_core_options.h:52-64.
+  Voice loading: init_voice() at src/voice.c:39-91, called from libretro.c:1060-1067.
 
 files:
   - name: "o2rom.bin"

emulators/opera.yml

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ notes: |
   All BIOS files are exactly 1 MB (1048576 bytes) except 3do_arcade_saot.bin (512 KB)
   and panafz1-kanji.bin (933636 bytes).
 
-  BIOS definitions: libopera/opera_bios.c BIOSES[] lines 3-136.
-  BIOS loading: opera_lr_opts.c opera_lr_opts_set_bios() lines 239-270.
-  Font loading: opera_lr_opts.c opera_lr_opts_get_font() lines 274-293,
-  opera_lr_opts_set_font() lines 297-328.
+  BIOS definitions: BIOSES[] at libopera/opera_bios.c:3-136.
+  BIOS loading: opera_lr_opts_set_bios() at opera_lr_opts.c:283-315.
+  Font loading: opera_lr_opts_get_font() at opera_lr_opts.c:319-338,
+  opera_lr_opts_set_font() at opera_lr_opts.c:342-373.
   Core option: libretro_core_options.c opera_bios / opera_font.
 
 files:

emulators/prboom.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ notes: |
   (src/d_main.c:1109-1110), so the file is technically optional but expected
   for correct rendering of menus, HUD digits, and extended features.
 
-  File search order (libretro.c I_FindFile, line 1742):
+  File search order (I_FindFile, libretro/libretro.c:4176-4252):
   1. WAD directory (same folder as the loaded game WAD)
   2. system/prboom/ subdirectory
   3. system/ directory directly

emulators/yabasanshiro.yml

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ notes: |
   ROM cartridge and MPEG card ROM loading disabled in libretro port
   (cartpath = empty, mpegpath = NULL).
 
-  BIOS loading: libretro.c retro_load_game() lines 1048-1069.
-  Core load: memory.c LoadBios() line 1353, T123Load() memory.h lines 219-280.
+  BIOS loading: retro_load_game() at yabause/src/libretro/libretro.c:1048-1071.
+  Core load: LoadBios() at yabause/src/memory.c:1353-1356, T123Load() at yabause/src/memory.h:219-289.
 
 files:
   - name: "saturn_bios.bin"

emulators/yabause.yml

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ notes: |
   ROM cartridge loading, SH1 ROM (CD Block LLE), and MPEG card ROM are
   standalone-only features disabled in the libretro port.
 
-  BIOS loading: libretro.c retro_load_game() lines 1035-1049.
-  Core load: memory.c LoadBios() line 1260, T123Load() memory.h lines 196-264.
+  BIOS loading: retro_load_game() at yabause/src/libretro/libretro.c:1035-1049.
+  Core load: LoadBios() at yabause/src/memory.c:1260-1263, T123Load() at yabause/src/memory.h:196-265.
 
 files:
   - name: "saturn_bios.bin"

tests/test_audit_regressions.py

@@ -2975,3 +2975,31 @@ class AMameCloneNameIsANameStep(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(
             self.resolve(size=5, validation=["size"]), (None, "not_found")
         )
+
+
+class ProseCitationsUseTheTrackedForm(unittest.TestCase):
+    """profile_sync tracks `path:line` citations only. `libretro.c
+    I_FindFile, line 1742` escaped it, and sixteen such citations in six
+    profiles stayed behind when their pins moved, four already pointing at
+    other code."""
+
+    UNTRACKED = re.compile(
+        r"[\w./+-]+\.(?:c|cc|cpp|cxx|h|hh|hpp|inc|cs|py|rs|go|java|kt|js|ts"
+        r"|m|mm|s|asm|lua|sh)\b[^\n:]{0,80}?\blines? \d+"
+    )
+
+    def test_the_pattern_reads_the_old_forms(self):
+        for text in ("libretro.c I_FindFile, line 1742",
+                     "memory.c LoadBios() line 1353",
+                     "libretro_core_options.h lines 52-64"):
+            self.assertRegex(text, self.UNTRACKED)
+        self.assertNotRegex("I_FindFile, libretro/libretro.c:4176-4252", self.UNTRACKED)
+
+    def test_no_profile_writes_a_line_number_profile_sync_cannot_see(self):
+        found = [
+            f"{path.name}:{number}: {match.group(0)}"
+            for path in sorted((ROOT / "emulators").glob("*.yml"))
+            for number, line in enumerate(path.read_text().splitlines(), 1)
+            for match in self.UNTRACKED.finditer(line)
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(found, [])