http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12859
--- Comment #11 from Anastasius Focht focht@gmx.net 2009-05-19 03:50:44 --- Hello,
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Okay for you Focht? --- quote ---
yes ... though you might condense that comment to "to satisfy copy protections" because apps use this API solely for hacking evasion. The initial rationale for this API (see comment #4) is something that Wine doesn't need. It can be implemented by using Wine internal functionality.
If people are curious about this info class they can always use g00gle to find the blog entry or archived bugzilla comments/discussion from this bug.
With bug 12859 and bug 18500 fixed (include check for NULL ptr arg), the app works as expected. It might also help other copy protected apps/games which employ this kind of anti-debugging tricks.
Regards