http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2501
------- Additional Comments From jeff.mitchell@wustl.edu 2004-10-12 01:38 ------- I can confirm this.
I'm using the official RPM for Fedora Core 3. I get the exact same error when trying to install the Windows Installer 3.0 redistributable (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=...)
Using Wine 20041201