http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14501
Summary: docs incorrectly claim that unc paths work Product: Wine Version: unspecified Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: major Priority: P2 Component: documentation AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: codeslinger@compsalot.com
The docs for unc path are wrong they do not reflect reality. According to the docs http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wineusr-guide/misc-things-to-configure#AEN41...
and also according to this rather odious comment http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-users/2007-August/027715.html
unc paths, should work, all you do is create a symlink and you are done.
Well, I am under intense deadline pressure and I just spent two days of effort trying to get a client/server app to run that requires unc paths. And finally after a lot of study and banging of head against brick wall, finally I find this bug #425 which makes it pretty darn clear that not only does unc path not work, but it never actually has worked!!!!
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425
So I ask that you kindly please fix the docs so that others are not subjected to the same levels of tribulations which I have just needlessly gone through. That bug has been open since 2002, I see no indication that it is going to get fixed any time soon.
I have the highest respect and admiration for the winehq project and the people who created it, but this sort of thing is a major black mark against wine. I will be very reluctant to attempt to use wine in the future.