[Wine] Re: Running multiple versions of WINE
Darren Wilkinson
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Mon Mar 19 00:50:24 CDT 2007
Kurt wrote:
> Olaf Leidinger wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>>
>>> Can someone point me to instructions or FAQ on a logical way of
>>> running
>>> multiple versions of WINE at the same time. What I am getting at is
>>> sometimes
>>> an application fails to run with the latest and greatest of WINE.
>>> Sometimes an
>>> ap runs better with a newer version of WINE.
>>
>>
>> Perhaps you could also try to find out what's wrong with the latest
>> wine version as you probably found a regression.
>>
>> Ciao,
>>
>> Olaf
>
> Aaaaah,
>
> If I was that smart, I'd become a developer and help out. Then again,
> if I was that smart, I wouldn't be asking how to run different versions
> eh?
>
> Best regards,
> Kurt
Doing a regression test isn't that hard but it is time consuming as you have to
do a:
git bisect good "working wine version"
git bisect bad "broken version"
tools/wineinstall
wine "whatever app"
then a:
git bisect good (or "bad" if the app failed when tried)
tools/wineinstall
wine "whatever app"
until the git bisect tells you which patch broke wine. It is the wineinstall
compiling that takes up loads of time.
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