[2.1.17][Arch Linux] Steam wrapper incompatible with FMTK

[Derim422]

The wrapper used to launch the x86_64 version of factorio calls a utility (arch) that is not natively on Arch Linux since 2023. When running using Steam, the script works fine, probably because the utility is part of the steam linux binaries, but this means that using the FMTK and other debugging tools does not work on Arch (or other systems without `arch`) unless the file is manually edited or wrapped itself.

It would be nice if the wrapper called `uname -m`, unless the steam emulation layers now require such a hook and their own binaries. I do not see that given the other binaries available in the runtime, though.

arch:

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SteamLibrary]$ find -name arch
./steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_soldier/var/tmp-Z11LU3/usr/bin/arch
./steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_soldier/soldier_platform_2.0.20260805.254767/files/bin/arch

uname:

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SteamLibrary]$ ./steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_soldier/var/tmp-Z11LU3/usr/bin/uname -m
x86_64

factorio.sh:

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#!/bin/bash

SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
ARCH=$(arch)

if [[ "$ARCH" == "x86_64" ]]; then
    exec "$SCRIPT_DIR/../x64_/factorio" "$@"
elif [[ "$ARCH" == "aarch64" ]] || [[ "$ARCH" == "arm64" ]]; then
    if [[ -e "$SCRIPT_DIR/../arm64/factorio" ]]; then
        exec "$SCRIPT_DIR/../arm64/factorio" "$@"
    else
        echo "factorio.sh: arm64 binary missing, launching x64 binary instead"
        exec "$SCRIPT_DIR/../x64_/factorio" "$@"
    fi
else
    echo "factorio.sh: Unsupported architecture $ARCH"
    exit 1
fi

[justarandomgeek]

i think some folks have found it works if you point fmtk at the real binary instead of the arch dispatch script, while we work on a cleaner solution

[Sanqui]

Thank you for the report, I have patched the script to use uname -m and this change should be live.