Wine Bugs wrote:
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3616
------- Additional Comments From xerox_xerox2000@yahoo.co.uk 2005-19-10 04:09 ------- Hi frank, i read your post on the user list: "1. I have BricsCAD for Linux installed and know that if I go for a clean install ( rpm -e wine then rpm -ivh wine~ ) this program gets uninstalled along the way and I lose all my user preferences - real bummer. ( I can not as yet track down what the preferences config file is nor whether or not overwriting the new installation with it will work.)
- I also have CrossOver standard 4.2 installed which enabled me to
install ( amongst others ) a program called PlanBee.
( PlanBee is the subject of the bug I've had with wine directly so not of major concern 'cause I will need to uninstall - reinstall PlanBee anyway to test for the bug.)
Q. I take it that I will lose all associations with these secondary installations by going for the clean installation so ask if there is a compatable alternative that will still ensure I get helpful info for the bug list ?"
I assume all your programs are installed in ~/.wine (please check) For testing you could just backup : mv ~/.wine ~/.wine_backup, update your wine package and test in a new created ./wine (just running "wine" will create this directory). This way you can always revert the changes you make by moving back your ~/.wine_backup. BTW As of july there's no config file anymore, you have to use winecfg to set eventual preferences.
Thanks for the reply and it is a handy reminder.
My main problem is simply that when I uninstall wine, BricsCAD will be removed/uninstalled also. I have no problem with 're-doing' everything with wine, my problem is that I will lose all my user preferences for BricsCAD should I go this way. ( BricsCAD is installed in /opt/bricscad but is somehow tied to the wine installation.)
Note: BricsCAD would not install if I first did any form of configuration with a clean install of wine ~ I needed to install wine, install BricsCAD4Linux, install CrossOver, then re-install BricsCAD4Linux to get both CrossOver and BricsCAD running correctly. As by this installation on my system you can see that I at no time touched anything to do with configuring wine.
At this point I followed the rule: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Then I used CrossOver to install PlanBee ~ that found some bug that I have chosen to assist with.
So to recap: the wine config ain't the problem ~ it's retaining the preferences with installed programs using wine that's the problem.
I guess I was hoping that a simple rpm -Uvh would be enough but I also want to give the bug guys a correct report for what happens with the latest wine package and PlanBee.
Still, the 'heads up' with winecfg is a great reminder and greatly appreciated.