On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 9:12 PM, Vincent Povirk <madewokherd+8cd9@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Overriding libraries won't get you very far. > > Yes, some (not all) dll's can be replaced with native versions. > Windows libraries are essentially no different from Windows programs, > in that depending on how they work, they may run into unimplemented > parts of Wine and subtle differences in behavior that break them. And > yes, in some cases it will get you past a bug. > > L. Rahyen gave a fine explanation of how to find out what dll's an > application is using. Trying to override them one by one is an > approach, but it's not a very good one. If it doesn't work, it gives > you no helpful information. If it does work, all it will tell you is > that Wine's implementation of the particular dll you switched probably > has something wrong with it. It will not lead to a fix in Wine. > > Overrides are one of many tools that are available for troubleshooting > and working around bugs. There are probably other things you can do, > but you haven't given any information to determine what they might be. > > Please file a bug (and follow up on it when people ask for more > information) so that there is a chance to get the problem fixed in > Wine, even if you do work around it successfully. There's no guarantee > that it will actually get fixed or that any progress will be made in a > reasonable amount of time, but please file a report anyway. We need to > have this sort of information. I don't think it is a lot to ask from a > project that is run by volunteers. > > Vincent Povirk > > While filing a bug will help in the long run, most users are worried about getting their program running first. -- -Austin
