[Mono-bugs] [Bug 74395][Wis] Changed - Mono handling multiple GAC locations.

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Changed by jonpryor@vt.edu.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=74395

--- shadow/74395	2005-04-05 01:55:34.000000000 -0400
+++ shadow/74395.tmp.19777	2005-04-05 08:39:59.000000000 -0400
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 Product: Mono: Runtime
 Version: 1.1
 OS: other
 OS Details: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p5
 Status: NEW   
 Resolution: 
-Severity: 
+Severity: Unknown
 Priority: Wishlist
 Component: misc
 AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
 ReportedBy: tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.org               
 QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
 TargetMilestone: ---
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@
         <gac prefix="/usr/X11R6" />
         <gac prefix="/usr/local" />
 </configuration>
 
 In the above, if Mono were installed under /usr it would still check
 /usr/X11R6 and /usr/local automatically when attempting to load assemblies.
+
+------- Additional Comments From jonpryor@vt.edu  2005-04-05 08:39 -------
+Wouldn't a potential workaround be to add MONO_GAC_PREFIX to
+/etc/profile (or wherever else common environment variables such as
+PATH are set)?
+
+If most users don't read docs, then they won't override the
+environment variable either, allowing things to Just Work (modulo the
+/etc/profile changes, which could (hopefully) be managed by the
+package manager).