Small "hack" to make AutoUpdater download from custom url #145

2025-10-21T16:22:05+08:00

Maxetto commented

2025-10-21 16:22:05 +08:00

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Not the best approach, but as long as you have set the correct custom url for download updates and it points directly to a file it will make the new autoupdater introduced in 1.4.0 download the correct version.

Previously it would download the official unmodified version, breaking the custom values the client had.

A proper way would be to use a patch file, but I have no idea how >.<

Not the best approach, but as long as you have set the correct custom url for download updates and it points directly to a file it will make the new autoupdater introduced in 1.4.0 download the correct version. Previously it would download the official unmodified version, breaking the custom values the client had. A proper way would be to use a patch file, but I have no idea how >.<

bryangerlach commented

2025-10-25 01:51:48 +08:00

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Does this not work on linux or android? I haven't look into it at all. Does this change how the client checks for updates, or is it still checking based on official rustdesk versions?

Maxetto commented

2025-10-25 03:53:18 +08:00

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For now it seems only Windows and MacOS have this feature. Android I can confirm it still open a webpage with the url you set, Linux I don't know.
The PR that added the feature was that: https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/pull/11618

It only changes the download url, all the update check logic still follows the official rustdesk versions.

For now it seems only Windows and MacOS have this feature. Android I can confirm it still open a webpage with the url you set, Linux I don't know. The PR that added the feature was that: https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/pull/11618 It only changes the download url, all the update check logic still follows the official rustdesk versions.

Maxetto commented

2025-10-25 04:07:41 +08:00

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965cb704ec/flutter/lib/desktop/widgets/update_progress.dart (L24)
downloadUrl = '$downloadUrl/$downloadFile';

Actually maybe it could work by just replacing this line instead of messing with many lines of flutter_ffi.rs 🤔

https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/blob/965cb704ecc7fcb408416949e9e68bba646d43d2/flutter/lib/desktop/widgets/update_progress.dart#L24 `downloadUrl = '$downloadUrl/$downloadFile';` Actually maybe it could work by just replacing this line instead of messing with many lines of flutter_ffi.rs 🤔

k3-cat commented

2025-11-09 12:40:34 +08:00

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Hi,

Sorry for open the issue #149 without checking this PR. Thanks for all your workings.
However, I feel that proposal in 149 might provide a more seamless experience yet not potentially breaks future builds as well.

If we all feel happy about it, I am more than welcome to write a git patch file or sed commands.

Hi, Sorry for open the issue #149 without checking this PR. Thanks for all your workings. However, I feel that proposal in 149 might provide a more seamless experience yet not potentially breaks future builds as well. If we all feel happy about it, I am more than welcome to write a git patch file or sed commands.

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.github/workflows/generator-macos.yml
.github/workflows/generator-windows-x86.yml
.github/workflows/generator-windows.yml

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Reference: 3344/rdgen#145