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