[Mono-devel-list] Global dllmap entries?

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

> What does the per-assembly in the gac gain us over /etc/mono.d (per
> jluke's suggestion)? mono.d is a more general solution -- it allows
> sysadmins and packagers to make global modifications without having to
> risk the machine.config file being clobbered by a mono upgrade -- and
> fully solves your problem.

We will do a open syscall on  the assembly.config file when the assembly
is used;  The /etc/mono.d means that we have to getdents, stat every
file, and the relevant ones we must open.

Startup price paid by everyone.

Miguel