[pkg-wine-party] Bug#818874: "Bad EXE format" error message in case of arch mismatch not very informative
Package: wine
Version: 1.8-2
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream
Hi,
attempting to run a 32bit .exe with only 'wine' (but not 'wine32') installed
on a 64-bit system will cause wine to abort, printing "Bad EXE format".
While this message may be technically correct, it doesn't help identify the
root cause: that in order to run a 32bit executable, I need a 32bit wine
installation alongside the 64bit one.
I would suggest to print something like "64bit wine can't run 32bit
executables" or similar.
Arguably it would also make sense to Recommends: wine32, wine64 (in addition
to Depending on either), because in the real world, a 64bit-only wine
installation isn't terribly useful in most cases.
Best regards,
Andras
-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (350, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.1.13-vs2.3.8.3-hellgate (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=hu_HU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Init: runit
Versions of packages wine depends on:
ii wine32 1.8-2
ii wine64 1.8-2
wine recommends no packages.
Versions of packages wine suggests:
pn dosbox <none>
pn wine-binfmt <none>
Versions of packages wine is related to:
ii fonts-wine 1.8-2
ii libwine 1.8-2
pn libwine-dbg <none>
pn libwine-dev <none>
ii wine 1.8-2
ii wine32 1.8-2
pn wine32-preloader <none>
pn wine32-tools <none>
ii wine64 1.8-2
pn wine64-preloader <none>
pn wine64-tools <none>
-- no debconf information
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