[Bug 978] New: - Missing files in new installation. Mandrake i586.

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http://bugs.winehq.com/show_bug.cgi?id=978

           Summary: Missing files in new installation. Mandrake i586.
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: wine-files
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.com
        ReportedBy: onederer at myrealbox.com


Missing wine related files in Mandrake 8.2 RPM distribution.  Would not run "out of the box".  Complained of missing lib.wine.so, lib.nt.so.
Had to search Internet to find missing library files.
After that, it could not successfully run a single Windows app, to conclusion.  Kept on complaining to add 'WinMM' section to Wine config. file.
I don't have the faintest clue what is needed to do this.
There is no config file in /etc/wine/.  Only registry files are there.  If the registry files is the "config" file, then that should be clarified.
There is a BLANK config file in /home/~user~/.wine.  Wine will now not run because it is complaining about this blank 'config' file.

Loose related wine lib.xxx files should be part of the package, and not spread out over the internet.
Missing WinMM section in Wine config. file should be taken care of by the "experts".
They know what has to be entered there.  I surely don't!  How well controlled is the bundling of the Wine package?  Is it a loose arrangement?
Did Mandrake miss the bandwagon?

This is what makes 'newbies' give up, quit, and go back to Win**.

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