[Mono-devel-list] Cygwin patches

[Raja R Harinath]

Hi,

Gonzalo Paniagua Javier <gonzalo at ximian.com> writes:

> El jue, 22-04-2004 a las 11:55, Raja R Harinath escribió:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Urs Muff <umuff at QUARK.com> writes:
>> 
>> > Index: mono/runtime/Makefile.am
>> > ===================================================================
>> > RCS file: /mono/mono/runtime/Makefile.am,v
>> > retrieving revision 1.56
>> > diff -u -r1.56 Makefile.am
>> > --- mono/runtime/Makefile.am	14 Apr 2004 03:20:01 -0000	1.56
>> > +++ mono/runtime/Makefile.am	19 Apr 2004 16:15:38 -0000
>> > @@ -64,7 +64,11 @@
>> >  # Keep in sync with mono/mono/metadata/Makefile.am
>> >  #
>> >  assembliesdir = $(libdir)
>> > +if PLATFORM_WIN32
>> > +monobinsdir = $(libdir)
>> > +else
>> >  monobinsdir = $(bindir)
>> > +endif
>> 
>> I think it's better to just do
>> 
>>   monobinsdir = $(libdir)
>> 
>> even in Unix.  The *.exe files appear unnatural, and don't actually get
>> any benefit by being in $PATH.
>
> What if I have binfmt_misc enabled? :-/

Put a symlink in $(bindir) :-)

Anyway, using the default install

  $ cd ~/bin/
  $ ls -l mcs.exe
  -rw-r--r--    1 rharinath users     1135616 2004-04-22 14:32 mcs.exe

So, no use being in $PATH.  Also, suppose I want ~/bin/mcs.exe to run
with ~/bin/mono, and /usr/bin/mcs.exe with /usr/bin/mono -- I need to
put in a ~/bin/mcs wrapper, anyway.  (This is a akin to the cygwin case,
where you want to run with mono instead of the M$.NET implementation.)

And most importantly IMHO, it feels highly unnatural to be executing
'anything.exe' on Unix :-)

- Hari