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2014-08-18 19:03 GMT-03:00 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>: |
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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> |
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> wrote: |
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> >>> |
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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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> -- |
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> Alan McKinnon |
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> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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Just m 2 cents: Have you tried kdiff3 ? |
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Good luck and best regards, |
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Francisco |
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