[2.0.10] --apply-update flag expects a .zip, but headless server updates are now distributed as a .tar.xz

[adinsx]

--apply-update flag expects a .zip, but headless server updates are now distributed as a .tar.xz

Relevant snippet from my journalctl:

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Oct 24 15:28:39 Unit-02 factorio[53313]:    0.382 Info Updater.cpp:286: Applying update /tmp/factorio_update.tar.xz
Oct 24 15:28:39 Unit-02 factorio[53313]:    0.383 Error Util.cpp:81: Error opening update package: Opening zip /tmp/factorio_update.tar.xz failed: I/O error
Oct 24 15:28:39 Unit-02 factorio[53313]:    0.402 Goodbye

And the relevant bit from my factorio unit file:

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ExecStartPre=curl -L --output %T/factorio_update.tar.xz 'https://factorio.com/get-download/stable/headless/linux64'
ExecStartPre=/home/adinsx/factorio-headless/bin/x64/factorio --apply-update %T/factorio_update.tar.xz

Edit: Was trying to update from 2.0.9 to 2.0.10

2nd edit: Added logfile, but this is on 2.0.10 as I already updated manually by the time I made this post. The error is the exact same, however.

3rd edit: updated thread title to include most recent game version the bug exists on.

[Techjar]

--apply-update isn't meant to be used with the full game (or headless) package, it's for applying partial update packages downloaded through the updater.factorio.com interface.

Here's an example of how to get one: https://updater.factorio.com/updater/ge ... iVersion=2

[adinsx]

Oh thanks, didn't realize there were partial update packages. This can be closed as not-a-bug, or maybe the "bug" is "clarify in the --help output what --apply-update does".