It depends, really. In terms of which system calls the program needs, that's certainly true. However, in terms of things like "which files will this program n

It depends, really. In terms of which system calls the program needs, that's certainly true. However, in terms of things like "which files will this program need to access", the system administrator is in a much better position, because these kinds of questions often depend on how the program is used in a particular environment. The approaches are complementary.