[Bug 48365] New: On every update wine mess up everything; reset folders, setting, forget every installed program.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48365

Bug ID: 48365
           Summary: On every update wine mess up everything; reset
                    folders, setting, forget every installed program.
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

OS: Manjaro 18.1.4 64bit
Wine version: various

Every time there is an update or somthing, Wine "reboots" (or whatever it is
doing) it's prefix folder. Because of this, every single time ALL SETTINGS that
I changed in winecfg are reset to default and everything I installed are
"gone", Wine doesn't see anything after this. Like it is a freshly created wine
prefix without any change or anything installed in it.
The softwares that I installed before are stay there they won't deleted, just
wine doesn't see them, like they aren't installed.

Because of this every time I have to reinstall and reconfigure everything.

I'm using Lutris to configure and run games, and first I thought this bug is in
Lutris. I tried to find a solution for this unbearable behaviour, and I find
out this is not a bug in Lutris. Wine that doing this stange thing and not
Lutris.
With Lutris I can easily switch between different wine versions.
It doesn't metter if I have the latest or older wine version installed, or
using custom wine version, they all effected by this thing.
It doesn't metter that I installed the different wine versions to different
prefixes; when I run a game that uses that wine version, the given Wine prefix
is reset and I have to reinstall everything.

[Bug 48365] On every update wine mess up everything; reset folders, setting, forget every installed program.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48365

--- Comment #1 from Nikolay Sivov  ---
What you mean everything installed is gone? Which settings are lost? Please
describe exact steps to reproduce, using vanilla wine.

Links update is covered by bug 47971.

[Bug 48365] On every update wine mess up everything; reset folders, setting, forget every installed program.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48365

Nikolay Sivov  changed:

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[Bug 48365] On every update wine mess up everything; reset folders, setting, forget every installed program.

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Olivier F. R. Dierick  changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
Hello,

(In reply to Nikolay Sivov from comment #1)
> Links update is covered by bug 47971.

See bug 22974.

Regards.

[Bug 48365] On every update wine mess up everything; reset folders, setting, forget every installed program.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48365

--- Comment #3 from Rencer  ---
(In reply to Nikolay Sivov from comment #1)
> What you mean everything installed is gone? Which settings are lost? Please
> describe exact steps to reproduce, using vanilla wine.
>
> Links update is covered by bug 47971.

Sorry, maybe my english isn't good enough.
I can't tell anything more than I already told you, so I quote myself:

"every single time ALL SETTINGS that I changed in winecfg are reset to default
and everything I installed are "gone", Wine doesn't see anything after this.
Like it is a freshly created wine prefix without any change or anything
installed in it."

As Olivier F. R. Dieric (Thanks you!) pointed out, I think my bug might be
related to that bug report he linked:
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22974

P.S.: WOW! A decade passed since that bugreport created, and this bug is still
in wine. Just, wow....

[Bug 48365] On every update wine mess up everything; reset folders, setting, forget every installed program.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48365

--- Comment #4 from Rencer  ---
(In reply to Olivier F. R. Dierick from comment #2)
> Hello,
>
> (In reply to Nikolay Sivov from comment #1)
> > Links update is covered by bug 47971.
>
> See bug 22974.
>
> Regards.

I looked at that bugreport too. It looks that this might be the same problem.
Maybe this bugreport can be merged to that one,but I don't know how to do that
corectly. I appreciate if you can help me in that.
Thanks.

[Bug 48365] On every update wine mess up everything; reset folders, setting, forget every installed program.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48365

Olivier F. R. Dierick  changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |DUPLICATE

--- Comment #5 from Olivier F. R. Dierick  ---
Hello,

There is no merge functionality per se, but the bug can be marked duplicate and
it'll be linked to the other.

Further comments should be posted on the other bug.

(Marking duplicate)

Regards.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 22974 ***

[Bug 48365] On every update wine mess up everything; reset folders, setting, forget every installed program.

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https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48365

Alistair Leslie-Hughes  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #6 from Alistair Leslie-Hughes  ---
Closing Duplicate.