Launcher fails to untar long paths

[SpaceManiac]

Having the problem on 64-bit Linux. OpenRCT2-0.3.5.1-develop-2b0d4e6-linux-x86_64.tar.gz contains some files:

OpenRCT2/data/object/rct2tt/footpath_railings/
OpenRCT2/data/object/rct2tt/footpath_railings/rct2tt.footpath_railings.medieval.parkobj
OpenRCT2/data/object/rct2tt/footpath_railings/rct2tt.footpath_railings.balustrade.parkobj
OpenRCT2/data/object/rct2tt/footpath_railings/rct2tt.footpath_railings.pavement.parkobj
OpenRCT2/data/object/rct2tt/footpath_railings/rct2tt.footpath_railings.circuitboard.parkobj
OpenRCT2/data/object/rct2tt/footpath_railings/rct2tt.footpath_railings.rocky.parkobj
OpenRCT2/data/object/official/footpath_surface/openrct2.footpath_surface.queue_invisible.json
OpenRCT2/data/object/rct2tt/footpath_railings/rct2tt.footpath_railings.circuitboard_invisible.parkobj
OpenRCT2/data/object/rct2tt/footpath_railings/rct2tt.footpath_railings.rainbow.parkobj

Instead of circuitboard_invisible, the launcher sees a file named ././@LongLink with type 'L' and bails in tarextractor.cpp because it does not know how to handle that type.

May be related to #63?

[LRFLEW]

Not really related in terms what code causes it, but should have the same solution: use an archive library. I am working on this, but getting everything working is taking some time.

While Linux is technically supported with the launcher, it's generally preferred to use your distro's package manager system (eg. with the PPA or AUR) since I can't guarantee how the pre-made builds will work with every distro's dependency builds. It might be worth checking to see what's available to you, at least in the short term while I work on getting this fixed.

[janisozaur]

Heads up: in working on extending our CI matrix with multi-distro builds, they will eventually get pushed to .org, see OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2#16382

[SpaceManiac]

I'm on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic which the PPA doesn't keep up-to-date anymore. Manually untarring the generic Linux binary used by the launcher has been working in the meantime.

[janisozaur]

@SpaceManiac we're dropping obsolete distributions soon, see OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2#15501

[SpaceManiac]

18.04 is not officially obsolete until April 2023, but given that you said you "would rather drop old systems than language versions" I will support myself rather than argue about it