[Mono-devel-list] mscorlib symlink

[Todd Berman]

On Tue, 2004-11-05 at 21:28 +0200, Gert Driesen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Would it be possible to also add a symlink to $prefix/lib/mscorlib.dll
> in $prefix/lib/mono/1.0 (and 2.0), like we already do for the other
> assemblies ?
> 

Why?

> If we do this, we should ofcourse also install mscorlib.dll to
> <installdir>\lib\mono\1.0 on Windows.
> 
> Currently, all mono assemblies are installed to both the GAC and the
> $prefix/lib/mono/1.0, would it be better to only do this for the system
> assemblies (meaning those matching MS.NET assemblies) ?
> 

Again, Why? These symlinks exist for the compiler to reference. The
compiler should be able to reference those additional assemblies.

--Todd