[Mono-bugs] [Bug 409993] New: Missing(?) support for <bindingRedirect> in app.config

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           Summary: Missing(?) support for <bindingRedirect> in app.config
           Product: Mono: Runtime
           Version: 1.9.0
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: misc
        AssignedTo: mono-bugs at lists.ximian.com
        ReportedBy: peter at peterjohanson.com
         QAContact: mono-bugs at lists.ximian.com
          Found By: ---


In local testing here, we're trying to use a app.config file to do a local
bindingRedirect, without having to install a policy file into the GAC.

(it happens to be for mapping the old vte-sharp 2.8.0.0 to the new 0.16.0.0
assembly version, but that's not directly important, I don't think).

We included exactly what should be there, based on the tons of examples found
online, and none seemed to work. This led me to grep through the mono source to
see what *was* supported:

<snip>
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config:        <bindingRedirect 
oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config:        <bindingRedirect 
oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config:        <bindingRedirect 
oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config:        <bindingRedirect 
oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config:        <bindingRedirect 
oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config.net_3_5:       
<bindingRedirect  oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config.net_3_5:       
<bindingRedirect  oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config.net_3_5:       
<bindingRedirect  oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config.net_3_5:       
<bindingRedirect  oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config.net_3_5:       
<bindingRedirect  oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config.net_2_0:       
<bindingRedirect  oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config.net_2_0:       
<bindingRedirect  oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config.net_2_0:       
<bindingRedirect  oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config.net_2_0:       
<bindingRedirect  oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/nunit20/nunit-console/nunit-console.exe.config.net_2_0:       
<bindingRedirect  oldVersion="1.0.5000.0"
mcs/class/FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird/Test/App.config:               
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="2.1.4.0" newVersion="2.2.0.0" />
mono/metadata/mono-config.c:    } else if (!strcmp (element_name,
"bindingRedirect")) {
</snip>

While ultimately leads me to mono_config_parse_publisher_policy, which is only
called in one spot, in
mono/metadata/assembly.c:mono_assembly_load_publisher_policy

Unfortunately, that seems to very specifically only be loading
"policy.X.Y.config" files sitting in the GAC next to policy DLLs.

Am I missing something? Any plans to support bindingRedirect specified in
app.config files?


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