[Mono-devel-list] MCS library referencing.

[Duncan Mak]

On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 12:16, Todd Berman wrote:
> mcs test.cs -r:System.Web
> 
> will compile successfully, where as the equivalent csc line gives you an 
> CS0006: Metadata file 'System.Web' could not be found.
> 
> It seems like we need to remove those checks, and require .dll on the 
> end. This is very much similar to the reason the /package stuff exists 
> in mcs. When compiling, you are supposed to compile against a specific 
> assembly file, not against something abstract.
> 

As I was going thru my bug list, I saw that I filed a bug against this a
while back:

	http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=47539

Whatever outcome of this thread, please update this bug accordingly.

Thanks,

Duncan.