[Bug 12076] Multiple applications refuse to install unless '%SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers\Etc\{services,host}' exist (Informix Database apps, Autodesk 3ds Max 9)

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12076

--- Comment #6 from Hans Leidekker  ---
(In reply to Anastasius Focht from comment #5)
> Wine-Staging patchset could be considered for upstreaming into mainline
> after Wine 6.0 release unless you want to celebrate the 13th anniversary of
> the bug.

SAP GUI is another application that needs these files (see related bug 49656).
winsock PE conversion depends on this, so there's hope that it will be fixed
sometime soon :)