[Wine] Re: Do I have to recompile wine to apply a different patch??

[jeffz]

colbert wrote:
> I just installed and set up COD4 and compiled wine 1.2.2 from git as per instructions on the AppDB page, applying a patch to wine.
> 
> Now I installed C&C3 (http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=7440) and have it working, but there is a nocursor patch on that page and instructions to compile wine and apply it.
> 
> I am wondering, I have a wine-git folder as I just compiled it-- do I have to remove installed wine and apply patch to wine-git, recompile wine or is there a way to apply the patch to my existing wine? I don't wanna mess it up hehe, thanks!! :)


If you build wine in your wine-git folder, you can then use that compiled version by specifying it on the commandline such as:

cd ~/.wine/drive_c/CC3
~/wine-git/wine cc3.exe