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