[Mono-bugs] [Bug 29580][Nor] New - assebmly lookups are inconsistent

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Changed by joe@ximian.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=29580

--- shadow/29580	Wed Aug 28 13:58:17 2002
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+Bug#: 29580
+Product: Mono/MCS
+Version: unspecified
+OS: other
+OS Details: 
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Normal
+Component: Misc
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: joe@ximian.com               
+QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: assebmly lookups are inconsistent
+
+I ran into a problem compiling mphoto today.  The makefile was laid out
+like so:
+
+ASSEMBLIES=-r glib-sharp.dll -r pango-sharp.dll -r atk-sharp.dll -r
+gdk-sharp.dll -r gtk-sharp.dll -r gnome-sharp.dll -r System.Drawing
+
+Since my gtk# assemblies are in /opt/mono/lib, mcs couldn't find them.  I
+set MONO_PATH, expecting them to be picked up, but they weren't.  When I
+removed the ".dll" suffix from all of the gtk# assemblies, it then worked
+with MONO_PATH.
+
+So then I experimented by adding ".dll" to the System.Drawing reference,
+which is in /usr/lib.  It worked.
+
+The bug is that when specifying an assembly explicitly (that is, with a
+.dll extension) but with a relative path, it should ONLY look in the path
+relative to the current working directory, NOT in /usr/lib.  So, basically,
+"-r System.Drawing.dll" shouldn't work, unless I'm building from /usr/lib.  
+
+In these cases, mcs should also be explicit about where it looked for the
+assembly.  That is, if I build in /cvs/mono and do the "-r
+System.Drawing.dll" above, it should say something like "error CS0006:
+Cannot find assembly `/cvs/mono/System.Drawing.dll'" so as to clarify where
+exactly it looked.