0ad doesen´t update

[lrCa0ad]

Hello, I use Linux Ubuntu (21.04) and want to update to the latest 0ad. However, somehow It doesen´t want to update. I guess it is not yet in "Ubuntu software". But how can I update anyway?

Thank you for answering!

[hyperion]

https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2021/03/install-0-a-d-alpha-24-another-ppa-ubuntu-20-04/

[happyconcepts]

I think Wildfire Games as the maintainer should make an official linux release that they stand behind, as the official maintainer.

WFG is not being accountable to only offer a download from "other" sources such as other parties' PPA and snap installs.

What is the security problem with 0 A. D.?

Too much telemetry e.g. spying? 

Too little GDPR compliance?

We can only speculate when there is such a loud silence over non delivery of the game.

 

 

 

 

[Stan`]

Once again the problem comes from the hardening flags used by Ubuntu, which is one of the only distribution that doesn't provide A24.

You can see that 0 A.D. is available on quite a lot of distributions of Linux and BSD https://repology.org/project/0ad/badges

20 minutes ago, happyconcepts said:

We can only speculate when there is such a loud silence over non delivery of the game.

Source?

[hyperion]

42 minutes ago, happyconcepts said:

WFG is not being accountable to only offer a download from "other" sources such as other parties' PPA and snap installs.

The idea of wfg provided packages is what is broken.

 

22 minutes ago, Stan` said:

Once again the problem comes from the hardening flags used by Ubuntu, which is one of the only distribution that doesn't provide A24.

Which flag/flags?

[Stan`]

38 minutes ago, hyperion said:

Which flag/flags?

 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
 -fcf-protection=none
 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/0ad-0.0.24~r24930=.
 -O2
 -Wdate-time
 -Werror=format-security
 -Wl,-z,now
 -Wno-error=class-memaccess
 -Wno-error=deprecated-copy
 -Wno-multistatement-macros

 

See also http://irclogs.wildfiregames.com/%230ad-dev/2021-02-17-QuakeNet-%230ad-dev.log

and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/0ad/+bug/1918179

[hyperion]

The flags here which could be said to fall into the category hardening are pretty much standard for most major distributions (part of gcc specs). The error looks more like something wasn't compiled PIC when it should.