Scott Ritchie wrote: > On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 00:06 -0700, Vitaliy Margolen wrote: >> Detlef Riekenberg wrote: >>> On Di, 2007-01-30 at 01:09 -0800, Scott Ritchie wrote: >>>> + >>>> +<p>While there is currently no Wine package explicitly designed for >>>> the 64-bit version >>>> +of Ubuntu, there are several hacks that can be used to install the >>>> 32-bit package >>>> +into the 64-bit distribution and have it function normally. See >>>> +<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/I386WineInAmd64";>this page on the >>>> Ubuntu wiki</a> >>>> +for more details.</p> >>> IMHO, a link to our own Wiki should be placed on the download-deb page >>> >>> http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOn64bit#head-56206e8bc74083807ffe06ccb471d3f964cb670a >>> >>> >>> And as a Note on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/I386WineInAmd64 and >>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WineForAMD64 >>> >>> The provided automatic installation script includes the sidenet-script. >>> Please include a BIG WARNING, that this is never supported by winehq >>> and the users need a clean wine, before they ask for help on #winehq >>> or [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> You mention sidenet on that page: >>> "If you followed the manual instructions you need to install the Sidenet >>> script" >>> This is wrong. Please remove that line! >>> >>> Even, when the sidenet-script might help some users to run an app, >>> "you need to install the Sidenet script" is wrong! >> I still see that information listed on the mentioned page. I was hopping >> we could get some useful information for Ubuntu-64 users. >> I guess not. I will discourage anyone from referring to the above >> mentioned page because it has sedenet script as a "requirement". It's >> the same stuff as winetools and _brakes_ default Wine configuration. >> >> >> Vitaliy > > I just fixed it to make it better. I have half a mind to delete all > mention of sidenet from the page entirely. Can you explain why is it needed? This is the same _exact_ stuff as winetools! I failed to find a single piece of it that is useful for every day user. However almost every single thing it does, will compromise Wine's integrity.
Vitaliy.
