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[pkg-wine-party] Bug#557783: Bug#557783: wine-gecko dialog appears at wineprefix creation time



YOSHINO Yoshihito skrev:
> Re-ran winecfg, but the installer dialog is not shown again. So it still
> seems to be optional to install wine-gecko.

>From upstream's perspective, clicking "Cancel" creates an unsupported
and broken wineprefix. Support requests will be met with "delete
everything and reinstall" and bug reports will be closed as invalid,
while cursing and insulting your distro.

> Note that "wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Internet\ Explorer/iexplore.exe"
> starts "Wine Internet Explorer" with the following message,
> but no "Wine Gecko Installer" again.

And that's a problem. You can't install it later even if you need it.
Your installation will be "broken" forevermore (without repair by
third-party tools such as winetricks, at least).

Clicking "Cancel" is a bad idea all around unless you're *really* sure
what you're doing (and won't ever need help doing it). For most
practical purposes, this thing really isn't optional.

I'm working on Gecko packaging, but probably won't have time to finish
it before the Christmas holidays.





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