APPDb bug reports - finding out clean install

[kofiall]

Hi,

is there a way before submitting bug reports to find out whether my wine install is a clean version or includes winetricks patches. It seems to be a question that is highly relevant for developers and usually as many appdb listed programs need winetricks patches, we are talking about different targets.

I would prefer a command line switch on wine that outputs
* wine version
* package for which OS
* clean version or which precise winetricks dll were added.

That would also simplify maintenance of the apps, so applications are not errously reported broken.

Thanks!

[dimesio]

Winetricks doesn't have "patches"; it's merely a script that can install some native dlls and change some settings. It doesn't run on its own, so if you didn't run it or make any manual changes, the wineprefix should be clean. (Note POL scripts do install native dlls; do not use it for test reports.)

To find out your Wine version at the command line:

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wine --version

The command to find out your package version depends on your package manager; ask your distro.

[kofiall]

Ok. So for a bug report I should always attach
a) wine --version
and
b) lsb_release -a

What else? The output with deb channels as a txt file or zipped.

Still, how do I find out if it's wine with or without winetricks?

[dimesio]

As I said, winetricks does not run by itself. If you didn't use it, it wasn't used. If you did use it, you should know what you installed with it.

BTW, I notice you seem to be confusing bug reports with AppDB test reports. They are not the same thing.