add --emulator, --system, --standalone, --list-emulators, --list-systems
to verify.py and generate_pack.py. packs are RTU with data directories,
regional BIOS variants, and archive support.
validation: field per file (size, crc32, md5, sha1) with conflict
detection. by_path_suffix index in database.json for regional variant
resolution via dest_hint. restructure GameCube IPL to regional subdirs.
66 E2E tests, full pipeline verified.
Move 17 case-colliding BIOS variants to .variants/ so Windows
and macOS clones no longer lose files. Existence-based platforms
keep the primary, MD5-based platforms resolve from .variants/.
Also fix resolve_local_file zipped_file resolution: when multiple
ZIPs share a name, verify the inner ROM exists before accepting
a candidate. Fixes adam_fdc.zip resolving to the wrong archive.
resolve_platform_cores() links platforms to their cores via
three strategies: all_libretro, explicit list, system ID
fallback. Pack generation always includes core requirements
beyond platform baseline. Case-insensitive dedup prevents
conflicts on Windows/macOS. Data dir strip_components fixes
doubled paths for Dolphin and PPSSPP caches.
- fix KeyError in compute_coverage (generate_readme, generate_site)
- fix comma-separated MD5 handling in generate_pack check_inside_zip
- fix _verify_file_hash to handle multi-MD5 for large files
- fix external downloads not tracked in seen_destinations/file_status
- fix tar path traversal in _is_safe_tar_member (refresh_data_dirs)
- fix predictable tmp path in download.py
- fix _sanitize_path to filter "." components
- remove blanket data_dir suppression in find_undeclared_files
- remove blanket data_dir suppression in cross_reference
- add status_counts to verify_platform return value
- add md5_composite cache for repeated ZIP hashing
generate_db.py now reads aliases from emulator YAMLs and indexes
them in database.json by_name. resolve_local_file in common.py
tries all alias names when the primary name fails to match.
beetle_psx alt_names renamed to aliases (was not indexed before).
snes9x BS-X.bios, np2kai FONT.ROM/ide.rom/pci.rom fallbacks,
all now formally declared as aliases and indexed.
verify --all and generate_pack --all pass with 0 regressions.
retroarch.yml regenerated by libretro_scraper with CORE_SUBDIR_MAP
(dc/, np2kai/, keropi/) and shared groups (fuse, kronos, ep128emu,
quasi88, np2kai, keropi). common.py dedup by (name, destination)
to allow same file at flat + subdirectory paths.
ep128emu shared group added for Enterprise system.
RetroArch pack grows from 398 to 428 files.
ref: each subdirectory traced to original emulator source code —
see platforms/README.md and _shared.yml comments.
- Extract compute_coverage to common.py (was duplicated)
- Filter test cores from nav and emulator index
- Use absolute URL for README download links
- Consistent page titles with site name suffix
- Safer mkdocs.yml nav rewrite with regex
- Build all_platform_names once in gap analysis
Critical: stream large file downloads (OOM fix), fix basename match
in auto_fetch, include hashes in pack grouping fingerprint, handle
not_in_zip status in verify, fix escaped quotes in batocera parser.
Important: deduplicate shared group includes, catch coreinfo network
errors, fix NODEDUP path component match, fix CI word splitting on
spaces, replace bare except Exception in 3 files.
Minor: argparse in list_platforms, specific exceptions in download.py.
