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But dependencies is exactly what I mean though. You can randomly uninstall an update to a common dependency on Windows. While keeping a later update that patche

But dependencies is exactly what I mean though. You can randomly uninstall an update to a common dependency on Windows. While keeping a later update that patches the same libraries installed. (!) I don't really get how they handle it (probably SxS magic), but somehow they do, whereas on Linux you can't do this.

shakna 7y ago
Distributions based around static-linking rather than dynamic would allow doing this though, correct? Or NixOS and Guix that allow you incredibly fine-grained control through configuration? (Pinning multiple versions down to particular hashes.)
Vinnl 7y ago
Ah, right, that makes sense.