[Wine] Re: Running multiple versions of WINE

[Darren Wilkinson]

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.