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Request to better manage case of failed widevine update for Linux ARM #413

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@CastagnaIT

Several times it has happened that users go crazy when a widevine update is automatically performed with a different architecture than ARM, and i know that the wv library search cannot always be perfect

this rightly breaks all addons that need this library, but the problem is that users never know what to do
and they open multiple Issue requests everywhere

i have noticed that the "ldd" command in inputstreamhelper always fails when this problem happen

My suggestion are:

  • Use the "ldd" command to check if the downloaded library is compatible with the system, this before perform the update (so replace the existing wv files) and break all add-ons. So if the command return error avoid the update and inform the user on what to do
  • A better message for this case of problem, with reference to what to do (like read GitHub Wiki FAQ)

I hope something will be done about it because it's so annoying for both the add-ons maintainers and the users who don't know what to do

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