Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] MR4108: Improve DMI tables under Linux.

[Jinoh Kang (＠iamahuman)]

On Sat Oct 21 10:25:18 2023 +0000, Jinoh Kang wrote:
> This changes the system GUID.  Some DRMs and copy protections like to
> assume that things like System UUIDs are permanent and never change.
>  Changing this will break such apps and the user might have to
> reinstall/re-purchase them again.
> Okay, I've read the prior discussions regarding the rationale.

Still, I don't think you should change the System UUID for *existing* prefixes.  Perhaps we could use the registry to detect whether the prefix is new, and use the new algorithm for new prefixes.  We could also record the UUID in the registry "permanently."

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https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/merge_requests/4108#note_49548