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WINE Won't Open Installers Anymore
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tuubi Apr 6, 2021
Quoting: Cyba.Cowboy
Quoting: kokoko3kRelated?
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50867
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=265206
Perhaps because - if my understanding of that "bug" is correct - this is actually a design flaw, due to a change in the way in which WINE now handles directory structures / file-paths (again, if my understanding is correct, WINE now uses Microsoft Windows directory structures / file-paths exclusively and does not recognize 'nix directory structures / file-paths)?
Not exactly. The /unix switch still works fine, but now Wine is just a bit more strict about file paths. The actual problem seems to be that start.exe isn't installed into Wine's standard path when a wine prefix is created or updated.
kokoko3k Apr 6, 2021
Quoting: Cyba.Cowboy
Quoting: kokoko3kRelated?
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50867
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=265206

Maybe.

Their issue appears to be similar - though there are minor differences (for example, they're seeing error messages, which I am not)... Strangely, the bug is listed as being "resolved" over on the WINE Bugzilla.

Perhaps because - if my understanding of that "bug" is correct - this is actually a design flaw, due to a change in the way in which WINE now handles directory structures / file-paths (again, if my understanding is correct, WINE now uses Microsoft Windows directory structures / file-paths exclusively and does not recognize 'nix directory structures / file-paths)?
They pointed out as fixed by the following commit:
https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/commit/fcb37c9c123cd841debb17b6821493b8b2f83473
You can try to install a development version or wait for the new stable to come and downgrade while waiting.
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