http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12666
--- Comment #7 from Alexandre Julliard julliard@winehq.org 2008-04-21 13:00:46 --- (In reply to comment #5)
Doesn't prevent someone from changing it manually via symlinks...
Yes that's on purpose, there needs to be a way to work around the check for people who know what they are doing.