[Bug 31842] New: Make wine lose weight by cleansing redundant libraries and executives

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31842

Bug #: 31842
           Summary: Make wine lose weight by cleansing redundant libraries
                    and executives
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.5.14
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
    Classification: Unclassified

Correct me if I'm wrong by the libraries and executives Wine installs in every
$WINEPREFIX are stubs and not real exe/dlls.

However when you want to have a separate prefix for every Windows application
you end up wasting 32MB for every installation (I don't even include Gecko and
Mono).

I think it'd better if we replaced those virtual exe's and dll's with this
$WINE_VIRTUAL_STUB$ or something like that. This solution has several benefits
- including the fact that Wine won't have to update all those files during
every new Wine update. It will save space and reduce files fragmentation.

[Bug 31842] Make wine lose weight by cleansing redundant libraries and executives

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31842

Alexandre Julliard  changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #1 from Alexandre Julliard  2012-09-30 16:30:26 CDT ---
They are there for a reason. Many apps need them.

[Bug 31842] Make wine lose weight by cleansing redundant libraries and executives

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31842

--- Comment #2 from Artem S. Tashkinov  2012-10-01 01:49:51 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> They are there for a reason. Many apps need them.

Wine can easily emulate IO access (any other access) to these files, so?

[Bug 31842] Make wine lose weight by cleansing redundant libraries and executives

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31842

--- Comment #3 from Alexandre Julliard  2012-10-01 04:01:59 CDT ---
Good luck implementing that.

[Bug 31842] Make wine lose weight by cleansing redundant libraries and executives

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31842

--- Comment #4 from Artem S. Tashkinov  2012-10-01 05:32:09 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> Good luck implementing that.

You've already have everything implemented - all those files are stored in
$prefix/lib/wine/fakedlls.

OK, if this feature isn't going to be implemented, can I symlink all those
files into $WINEPREFIX (of course with every new wine release I will have to
(re-)synchronize new libraries and remove dead ones)? Will everything work?

[Bug 31842] Make wine lose weight by cleansing redundant libraries and executives

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31842

--- Comment #5 from Alexandre Julliard  2012-10-01 05:46:13 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> OK, if this feature isn't going to be implemented, can I symlink all those
> files into $WINEPREFIX (of course with every new wine release I will have to
> (re-)synchronize new libraries and remove dead ones)? Will everything work?

No, some apps write to them, when installing their own copy for instance.

[Bug 31842] Make wine lose weight by cleansing redundant libraries and executives

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31842

--- Comment #6 from Artem S. Tashkinov  2012-10-01 05:50:53 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #4)
> > OK, if this feature isn't going to be implemented, can I symlink all those
> > files into $WINEPREFIX (of course with every new wine release I will have to
> > (re-)synchronize new libraries and remove dead ones)? Will everything work?
>
> No, some apps write to them, when installing their own copy for instance.

Don't they call unlink() before overwriting the file?

[Bug 31842] Make wine lose weight by cleansing redundant libraries and executives

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31842

--- Comment #7 from Alexandre Julliard  2012-10-01 06:05:15 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> (In reply to comment #5)
> > (In reply to comment #4)
> > > OK, if this feature isn't going to be implemented, can I symlink all those
> > > files into $WINEPREFIX (of course with every new wine release I will have to
> > > (re-)synchronize new libraries and remove dead ones)? Will everything work?
> >
> > No, some apps write to them, when installing their own copy for instance.
>
> Don't they call unlink() before overwriting the file?

No.

[Bug 31842] Make wine lose weight by cleansing redundant libraries and executives

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31842

André H.  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]

--- Comment #8 from André H.  2012-10-02 06:04:06 CDT ---
closing wontfix