Heroic never updates UMU-Launcher

[Arcitec]

Describe the bug

Heroic never updates UMU-Launcher. It's installed once and then never updated. My version is 3 months old from October and there hasn't been a single UMU update even though 1.1.4 is out since November.

I discovered the bug while trying to figure out the save path bug here:

#4087 (comment)

I then checked the files on-disk and saw that UMU inside the Heroic Flatpak is outdated, which explains why the bug still happens.

Add logs

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Legendary]:        Legendary location: /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/legendary

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Gog]:              GOGDL location: /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/gogdl

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Connection]:       Connectivity: check-online

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Connection]:       Pinging external endpoints

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Gog]:              Checking for existing gog manifests

(16:05:31) WARNING: [Backend]:          Failed to register protocol with OS.

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Legendary]:        Running command: LEGENDARY_CONFIG_PATH=/home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/legendaryConfig/legendary /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/legendary --version

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Gog]:              Running command: GOGDL_CONFIG_PATH=/home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gogdlConfig /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/gogdl --auth-config-path /home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gog_store/auth.json --version

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Nile]:             Running command: NILE_CONFIG_PATH=/home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/nile_config /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/nile --version

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Connection]:       Connectivity: online

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Gog]:              Checking if login is valid

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Gog]:              Running command: GOGDL_CONFIG_PATH=/home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gogdlConfig /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/gogdl --auth-config-path /home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gog_store/auth.json auth

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Gog]:              Running command: GOGDL_CONFIG_PATH=/home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gogdlConfig /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/gogdl --auth-config-path /home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gog_store/auth.json auth

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Gog]:              Running command: GOGDL_CONFIG_PATH=/home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gogdlConfig /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/gogdl --auth-config-path /home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gog_store/auth.json auth

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Backend]:          AreWeAntiCheatYet data downloaded

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Backend]:          

System Information:

CPU: 16x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor

Memory: 67.1 GB (used: 38.26 GB)

GPUs:

  GPU 0:

    Name: NVIDIA Corporation GA102 [GeForce RTX 3090]

    IDs: D=2204 V=10de SD=87af SV=1043

    Driver: nvidia

OS: Fedora Linux 41 (Workstation Edition) (linux)

The current system is not a Steam Deck

We are running inside a Flatpak container

Software Versions:

  Heroic: 2.15.2 Emeth

  Legendary: 0.20.36 Urban Flight (Heroic)

  gogdl: 1.1.2

  comet: comet 0.1.2

  Nile: 1.1.2 Will A. Zeppeli

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Frontend]:         Refreshing undefined Library

(16:05:31) WARNING: [Backend]:          refresh not implemented on Sideload Library Manager

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Legendary]:        Refreshing library...

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Legendary]:        Refreshing Epic Games...

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Gog]:              Running command: GOGDL_CONFIG_PATH=/home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gogdlConfig /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/gogdl --auth-config-path /home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gog_store/auth.json auth

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Backend]:          Frontend Ready

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Legendary]:        Running command: LEGENDARY_CONFIG_PATH=/home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/legendaryConfig/legendary /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/legendary list --third-party

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Gog]:              Getting GOG library

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Gog]:              Running command: GOGDL_CONFIG_PATH=/home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gogdlConfig /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/gogdl --auth-config-path /home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gog_store/auth.json auth

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Gog]:              Saved username to config file

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Backend]:          Checking for current version changelog

(16:05:31) INFO:    [Gog]:              GOG presence set

(16:05:32) INFO:    [Gog]:              Running command: GOGDL_CONFIG_PATH=/home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gogdlConfig /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/gogdl --auth-config-path /home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gog_store/auth.json auth

(16:05:33) INFO:    [Gog]:              Running command: GOGDL_CONFIG_PATH=/home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gogdlConfig /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/gogdl --auth-config-path /home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gog_store/auth.json auth

(16:05:33) INFO:    [Gog]:              Saved games data

(16:05:33) DEBUG:   [Backend]:          Unable to load Steam Libraries, libraryfolders.vdf not found

(16:05:33) INFO:    [Winetricks]:       Downloading Winetricks

(16:05:35) INFO:    [Legendary]:        Game list updated, got 580 games & DLCs

(16:05:35) WARNING: [Backend]:          listUpdateableGames not implemented on Sideload Library Manager

(16:05:35) INFO:    [Gog]:              Running command: GOGDL_CONFIG_PATH=/home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gogdlConfig /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/gogdl --auth-config-path /home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/gog_store/auth.json auth

(16:05:35) INFO:    [Gog]:              Found 0 game(s) to update

(16:05:35) INFO:    [Legendary]:        Checking for game updates: LEGENDARY_CONFIG_PATH=/home/johnny/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/legendaryConfig/legendary /app/bin/heroic/resources/app.asar.unpacked/build/bin/x64/linux/legendary list --third-party

(16:05:36) INFO:    [WineDownloader]:   Updating wine versions info

(16:05:36) INFO:    [WineDownloader]:   Fetching upstream information...

(16:05:36) INFO:    [Backend]:          Starting the Download Queue

(16:05:36) INFO:    [WineDownloader]:   wine versions updated

(16:05:39) DEBUG:   [Legendary]:        Update is available for Eider: 7255037 != 8385130

(16:05:39) DEBUG:   [Legendary]:        Update is available for f9685170f7b142909c661a080bd9e60c: 1.2.109.1 != 1.2.156

(16:05:39) INFO:    [Legendary]:        Found 2 games to update

(16:05:39) INFO:    [Frontend]:         Force Update

Steps to reproduce

1. Use the latest Heroic Flatpak: Heroic 2.15.2

Expected behavior

Update-checks for UMU. Auto-downloads of new versions.

Screenshots

No response

Heroic Version

Latest Stable (Flatpak)

System Information

• OS [e. g. "Ubuntu"]: Fedora 41

Additional information

No response

[Arcitec]

Temporary workaround:

mv ~/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/umu ~/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/umu-outdated

(or rm -rf)

Then launch a game. It will download the latest UMU, and a new current_version gets written with today's date:

cat umu/current_version 
2025-01-10T00:59:13.221176Z

And the newest UMU files are downloaded:

Binary files umu/umu-run and umu-outdated/umu-run differ
Binary files umu/umu_run.py and umu-outdated/umu_run.py differ

Well, I honestly don't know if they are newest, but at least they differ.

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Edit: Yes, this forced an update to a newer UMU version:

Old:

umu-outdated $ ./umu-run --version
umu-launcher version 1.1.3 (3.13.1 (main, Dec  9 2024, 00:00:00) [GCC 14.2.1 20240912 (Red Hat 14.2.1-3)])

New:

umu $ ./umu-run --version
umu-launcher version 1.1.4 (3.13.1 (main, Dec  9 2024, 00:00:00) [GCC 14.2.1 20240912 (Red Hat 14.2.1-3)])

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Edit 2: There's a second bug, probably in UMU itself. It will not upgrade its own installed components after updating UMU, so old bugs in wrappers/helpers remain.

Run both of these commands to fix both bugs. The first fixes the lack of UMU updates in Heroic, and the second fixes the lack of UMU wrapper/helper updates:

rm -rfv ~/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/config/heroic/tools/runtimes/umu
rm -rfv ~/.local/share/umu

[GamerKing122]

what about rpm version?