which release of Wine created or last updated this particular .wine/ tree?

Ken Sharp kennybobs at o2.co.uk
Mon Jul 13 15:36:18 CDT 2009


Is anything dropped into the registry?

Joerg-Cyril.Hoehle at t-systems.com wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> my HD contains a dozen .wine*/ directories created with various settings and releases of Wine, some a long time ago. A repeating question is:
> With what release of Wine did I create this particular .wine/ tree ? Or rather: what release last updated this .wine/ tree?
> 
> It is not acceptable to run ~/src/most-current-wine/winecfg "about" on this .wine/ tree since an update that would change the bug footprint, causing the tested apps to work differently.
> 
> At the time of ~0.9.60, the answer was easy because tools/wine.inf was copied into .wine/drive_c/windows/inf/wine.inf and contained a release number.
> 
> Another possibility would be that I build a mini-DB of e.g. drive_c/windows/notepad's md5. Not very reliable, as notepad.exe need not change with every release.
> 
> Any other ideas?
> 	Jörg Höhle.
> 
> 
> 




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