[Mono-bugs] [Bug 673793] New: Assembly loading fails when path contains national language characters

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           Summary: Assembly loading fails when path contains national
                    language characters
    Classification: Mono
           Product: Mono: Runtime
           Version: 2.10.x
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Windows 7
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Major
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: misc
        AssignedTo: mono-bugs at lists.ximian.com
        ReportedBy: horst at kakuschke.de
         QAContact: mono-bugs at lists.ximian.com
          Found By: Customer
           Blocker: ---


Created an attachment (id=415308)
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Tests for Assembly loading in Paths containing national language characters

Description of Problem:

When an application path contains natinal language characters the loading of
assemblies fails with Mono 2.10.

I tried to execute Mono 2.10 with assembly "test1.exe" in folder "C:\Ä\"
(german A-umlaut), which results in "Cannot open assembly 'C:\Ã"\test1exe': No
such file or directory."

When I change the current path to "C:\Ä\" and just give the assembly name
(without path) as parameter to mono.exe, there is a different error message:
"Cannot determine the text encoding for the assembly location: C:\Ä\test1.exe
Please add the correct encoding to MONO_EXTERNAL_ENCODINGS and try again."

I tried to add "850" or "IBM-850" as encoding to MONO_EXTERNAL_ENCODINGS, but
it makes no difference.

With folders cotaining NO national language characters (eg "C:\A\") everything
works fine.

Tested with older versions:
- 2.6.7 works fine
- 2.8.2 can load assemblies in paths with national language chars, as long the
assembly full path is given as parameter (otherwise it says "Cannot open
assembly 'test1.exe': Result too large.")


Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Unpack the attached zip File to any location on a windows machine.
2. Verify location of local Mono installation (in "test.cmd" line: "SET
__monobase=C:\Program Files\Mono-2.10")
3. Execute "test.cmd" (attention: this creates folders "C:\A\" and "C:\Ä\" on
local machine)

"Test1.exe" is a standalone assembly (just writes "Hello Test1").
"Test2.exe" needs "Test2dll.dll" (just writes "Hello Test2").


Actual Results:
- Error message like "Cannot open assembly 'C:\Ã"\test1.exe" when run in paths
that contain national language characters.


Expected Results:
- Assembly loads and writes message to console even in paths that contain
national language characters.

How often does this happen? 
- Everytime

Additional Information:

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