[Mono-dev] Issue with zlib.

[Ricardo Ruiz]

Hello! We've been evaluating Mono for a few weeks now with the idea of
using it as a cross-platform development framework. That said, I've had
some issues with certain parts of the product and I would love some
feedback as to what I might be doing wrong. 

I am using Mono v1.2.5.2 and cygwin under Windows XP for my shell. I'm
bundling my application using mkbundle.exe but I'm having an issue with
compression under Windows.

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$ mono mkbundle.exe -z -o ./Bundled/Bundled.exe --deps --config-dir .
MyConsole.exe 

OS is: Windows
Sources: 1 Auto-dependencies: True
embedding: c:\Temp\Mono Test\Linked\MyConsole.exe
compression ratio: 42.61%
embedding: c:\Mono\lib\mono\2.0\mscorlib.dll
compression ratio: 34.58%
embedding:
c:\Mono\lib\mono\gac\System\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.dll
compression ratio: 37.09%
embedding:
c:\Mono\lib\mono\gac\System.Configuration\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Syst
em.Configuration.dll
compression ratio: 39.93%
embedding:
c:\Mono\lib\mono\gac\System.Xml\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.dll
compression ratio: 33.93%
embedding:
c:\Mono\lib\mono\gac\System.Security\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Se
curity.dll
compression ratio: 39.30%
embedding:
c:\Mono\lib\mono\gac\Mono.Security\2.0.0.0__0738eb9f132ed756\Mono.Securi
ty.dll
compression ratio: 39.96%
Compiling:
as -o temp.o temp.s
gcc -mno-cygwin -g -o ./Bundled/Bundled.exe -Wall temp.c `pkg-config
--cflags --libs mono` -lz temp.o [Fail]

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gcc is failing. So I copy that line and run it again:

$ gcc -mno-cygwin -g -o ./Bundled/Bundled.exe -Wall temp.c `pkg-config
--cflags --libs mono` -lz temp.o

temp.c:46:18: zlib.h: No such file or directory
** and some other errors and warnings ** 

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If I change the gcc command line by adding the path to Mono's include
directory:

$ gcc -mno-cygwin -g -o ./Bundled/Bundled.exe -Wall temp.c `pkg-config
--cflags --libs mono` -I/cygdrive/c/Mono/include -lz temp.o

Everything works fine!! So I guess I'm missing an environment variable
to allow mkbundle to find zlib.h?

Thanks for your help!!
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Ricardo Ruiz, Development
Ignite Technologies
3211 Internet Blvd., Suite 300 
Frisco, Texas 75034
Phone - 972.348.6429
ricardo.ruiz at ignitetech.com <mailto:ricardo.ruiz at ignitetech.com> 

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