[Mono-devel-list] Weird warnings using mcs svn on Windows

[Marek Safar]

Hello,

>>>As of recently, I get the following warning (numerous times) when using
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>mcs
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>>>svn to compile even the simplest app on Windows:
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>>>warning CS8028: The method 'System.Object.Finalize()' is marked
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>'override',
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>>>but
>>>doesn't appear to override any virtual or abstract method: it may be
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>ignored
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>>>dur
>>>ing overload resolution
>>>C:\cygwin\usr\local\lib\mono\1.0\mscorlib.dll: 'System.Object.Finalize'
>>>(name of
>>>symbol related to previous warning
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>>>Any idea what might be causing this ?
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>>It is caused by one of  last Hari commit. I will look at this,
>>unfortunately I have not had time so far.
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>>But even if you are using mcs on windows you should use Mono runtime
>>because mcs functionality with Microsoft runtime is limited.
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>I am using the Mono runtime, that's what makes this warning so weird.
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No, I don't think you are using Mono runtime.

Try to compile some simple code by mono mcs.exe x.cs and then by 
mono.exe mcs.exe x.cs (add correct path to mcs)

>I have no problems using gmcs svn on Windows, and no problems using mcs or
>gmcs (both built from svn) on linux.
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Because Martin have not integrated the changes yet.

Marek