This is not fixed, it's only worked around in the Wine PPA packages by disabling the use of cautious launcher.
The root problem is with cautious-launcher, located in the mime-support package ** Package changed: wine1.2 (Ubuntu) => mime-support (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: mime-support (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: mime-support (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- Windows executable on unwritable removable media cannot execute with Wine due to lack of executable bit https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/561479 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs