regression from 0.9.28 -> 0.9.29 breaks U.S. tax program

[Dan Kegel]

On 1/18/07, Tom Lowe <tomlowe1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Using ubuntu 6.10 and wine packages from
> http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt edgy main
>
> TaxACT 2006 ( free download from http://www.taxact.com ) works
> "out-of-the-box" with 0.9.28.  Checking for program updates and
> electronic filing "hang" with 0.9.29.
>
> When 0.9.29 hung up on me, I removed it and re-installed 0.9.28 and was
> able to connect and file my tax return.

We had the same problem with Google Earth, and Rob Shearman
kindly provided a fix:
http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-cvs/2007-January/029362.html
Could be the same problem you hit.
If so, it's already fixed in cvs.
- Dan

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