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Re:The Holy Grail of Linux Binary Compatibility: Musl and Dl... by oguz-ismail2 on Monday January 26, 2026 @11:18AM (#46767540)
On some distros, yes. On others it'll fire up Wine for whatever reason
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Re:The Holy Grail of Linux Binary Compatibility: Musl and Dl... by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday January 26, 2026 @12:20PM (#46768469)
Okay, yes, if you configure binfmt_misc for WINE and not APE then PE-compatible binaries will get run with WINE and not APE. That feels unfair.
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Re:The Holy Grail of Linux Binary Compatibility: Musl and Dl... by oguz-ismail2 on Monday January 26, 2026 @12:49PM (#46768967)
>if you configure binfmt_misc for WINE

It came preconfigured on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04, don't know about newer versions.

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