05786: mame.lst: Tool to Create mame.lst from the Drivers

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
05786	Misc.	Feature	N/A	Dec 3, 2014, 03:02	Dec 3, 2014, 14:50

Tester	pjo6245	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	No change required	OS	Windows XP
Status [?]	Closed			Driver
Version	N/A	Fixed in Version		Build	Normal
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	05786: mame. lst: Tool to Create mame.lst from the Drivers
Description	Greetings. Has anyone ever considered creating a tool to parse all the MAME drivers in order to create mame.lst? Thus, automating part of the development process. That way, with this tool, the devs would not have to update mame.lst by hand. Thank you. Pat
Steps To Reproduce	None.
Additional Information	None.
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Affected Sets / Systems	mame.lst

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No.11275 Haze Senior Tester Dec 3, 2014, 10:32	It has been discussed in the past. Micko has been experimenting with some changes recently that may relate to this (and the generation of the makefiles based on source requirements) This isn't really a bug report however...
No.11276 Tafoid Administrator Dec 3, 2014, 14:50	You have a problem where there are some GAME( defines which are commented or considered valid but do not have the set listed in mame.lst for whatever reason of the author (missing roms is usually the case). Right now, it is flexible but in no way an automatic situation. Haze is correct - expect changes to build system within the next few releases. It is a known limitation and is current focus for simplifying - no need to feature request it. Closing

No.11275

Haze

Senior Tester

Dec 3, 2014, 10:32

It has been discussed in the past.

Micko has been experimenting with some changes recently that may relate to this (and the generation of the makefiles based on source requirements)

This isn't really a bug report however...

No.11276

Tafoid

Administrator

Dec 3, 2014, 14:50

You have a problem where there are some GAME( defines which are commented or considered valid but do not have the set listed in mame.lst for whatever reason of the author (missing roms is usually the case). Right now, it is flexible but in no way an automatic situation. Haze is correct - expect changes to build system within the next few releases. It is a known limitation and is current focus for simplifying - no need to feature request it.

Closing