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We have just determined that the nearly 3-year-old WINE 8 Windows clone libraries do not understand how to verify modern Authenticode code-signing. And there many be other deficiencies as well. Both WINE 9 (2 years old ) and WINE 10 (1 year old) do understand and the DNS Benchmark appears to run correctly under either 9 or 10.

The upcoming 3rd release of DNSB will add an intercept dialog before that error to determine the WINE version and explain that either WINE 9 or 10 will be needed.
 
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Steve said:
The upcoming 3rd release of DNSB will add an intercept dialog before that error to determine the WINE version and explain that either WINE 9 or 10 will be needed.
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Perhaps that should read "WINE 9 or later" since 11 is about to be delivered.
 
AlanD said:
Perhaps that should read "WINE 9 or later" since 11 is about to be delivered.
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What the dialog actually says is:
DNS Benchmark requires WINE 9.0 or later.

This system reports WINE version: <ver>

Version 9.0 of WINE, the Windows emulation system, was released at the start of 2023 and WINE 10.0 was released at the start of 2024. Each of these releases greatly increased WINE's Windows emulation compatibility in ways that this DNS Benchmark requires. The lack of those features, which were not yet present in WINE 8 and earlier, prevent this DNS Benchmark from operating.

Before this GRC utility software can be used on this machine its WINE version will need to be updated to at least 9.0.

Sorry for the inconvenience!
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