2014-08-18 19:03 GMT-03:00 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com>:

> On 18/08/2014 23:17, Grant Edwards wrote:
> > On 2014-08-18, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 2:21 PM, J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> In cases like that I would do either of the following:
> >>>
> >>> 1) Run it inside a VM
> >>> 2) run it inside a chroot
> >>>
> >>> That way you can easily keep everything updated except for that
> >>> application.
> >>
> >> Or better still run it inside a container.
> >
> > Or better still, demand either a less broken app or one that's
> > statically linked.
> >
>
> That was my thought too. The app is a visual differ. It's not rocket
> science, so what business does it have needing a custom glibc?
>
> My spidey-sense is tingling, I'm wondering what other weirdnesses such
> an app might have under the covers
>
>
> --
> Alan McKinnon
> alan.mckin...@gmail.com
>
>
>

Just m 2 cents:  Have you tried kdiff3 ?

Good luck and best regards,
Francisco

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