[Wine] Can I use a static build to install on an obsolete target?

thestar at fussycoder.id.au thestar at fussycoder.id.au
Thu Jan 3 18:09:50 CST 2008


I'd probably suggest letting dpkg do the walking, "backporting" packages
in Debian is relatively easy, and is infact probably the recommended way
to use packages from Debian Unstable. Redhat likely has something similar.

> On Jan 3, 2008 3:57 PM,  <thestar at fussycoder.id.au> wrote:
>> The point is that within the chroot, you can compile newer versions of
>> libraries that _do_ work with the old kernel without impacting on the
>> main
>> system.
>
> Indeed, but building a whole userland can be a real pain.
>
> My favorite tool for doing this is ptxdist, but it's not everybody's cup
> of tea.
> - Dan
>


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