[spijdar]

I can't speak to this case specifically, but it's worth pointing out that Windows itself applies many patches for specific applications, so it follows that Wine could be obliged to mimic that behavior in cases where the application relies on it.

[superb_dev]

Not just Windows, it’s pretty common all over the place. I know for a fact web browsers and GPU driver will do the same

[Telaneo]

A tale as old as time.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/windows-95-went-the-...

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20031015-00/?p=42...

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160418-00/?p=93...