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On 18/08/2014 23:17, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2014-08-18, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 2:21 PM, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>>> In cases like that I would do either of the following: |
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>>> 1) Run it inside a VM |
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>>> 2) run it inside a chroot |
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>>> That way you can easily keep everything updated except for that |
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>>> application. |
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>> Or better still run it inside a container. |
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> Or better still, demand either a less broken app or one that's |
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> statically linked. |
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That was my thought too. The app is a visual differ. It's not rocket |
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science, so what business does it have needing a custom glibc? |
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My spidey-sense is tingling, I'm wondering what other weirdnesses such |
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an app might have under the covers |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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