[Mono-dev] Mono 1.9 and dll.config files in ~/.mono/assemblies

[Stephen A.]

Hello,

it looks like Mono 1.9 has stopped picking up dll.config files placed in 
the ~/.mono/assemblies directory. Was this intended? Is there a specific 
reason for this change?

I was planning to use this functionality in OpenTK 
(http://www.opentk.com). The greatest reason was to simplify 
distribution: different installation have different versions of OpenGL 
and OpenAL installed (with different names, e.g. libopenal.so.0 vs 
libopenal.so.1) - OpenTK would detect the installed version of OpenGL 
and OpenAL, and create a suitable dll.config file on first run. The 
other reason would be to override specific versions of OpenAL which have 
known issues, without needing administrative rights to do so.

Are there any plans to reintroduce this functionality?

If not, is there a way to specify which native library to load, outside 
of the dll.config file? (Note that OpenTK may be installed in places 
without non-admin write access, so copying the correct library at 
runtime is not an option). I have tried using ldopen to load a specific 
library into the address space of the application, but unlike 
LoadLibrary on .Net/Windows this doesn't work on Mono/Linux.

Regards,
- Stephen