[Mono-dev] undefined symbol: g_module_open IKVM Native Library Loading

[Robert Jordan]

Jim Redman wrote:
> Robert Jordan wrote:
>> Jim Redman wrote:
>>> However, I also _suspect_ that mono should reference it, and it doesn't 
>>> seem to even in the RPM or YUM version.  It may, and I just haven't 
>>> found the reference, or I could be completely wrong.  I don't make any 
>>> claim of sufficient expertise to really judge.
>> You're right. Mono itself does not need gmodule anymore but
>> libikvm-native.so still depends on it. Do you mind filing a
>> packaging bug about this at http://www.mono-project.com/Bugs?
> 
> Actually, I think that mono does have dependencies.  If look at, say:
> 
> ./mono-1.9.1/mcs/tools/mono-shlib-cop/mono-shlib-cop.cs

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=391810

Robert

> 
> there are a bunch of references to g_module...
> 
> Jim
> 
>> Robert
>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> Andreas Färber wrote:
>>>> Am 17.05.2008 um 18:10 schrieb Jim Redman:
>>>>
>>>>> Digging, there also seem to be dependencies on gmodule in mono.  Yet I
>>>>> don't think that either the mono executable, or the shared libraries
>>>>> reference the gmodule shared library.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can this possibly be correct.  Is there some other shared library that
>>>>> should be expected to pull in gmodule?
>>>> If they don't link to shared glib libraries and since you mentioned 
>>>> XScale, it could be that Mono is being linked against its embedded glib 
>>>> (eglib) static library.
>>>>
>>>> Andreas
>>>>
>>>>> Robert Jordan wrote:
>>>>>> Jim Redman wrote:
>>>>>>> Running the application gets this error about the time in the
>>>>>>> application when I would expect the native library to be loaded.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> mono: symbol lookup error: /home/MIX_CMIX/libikvm-native.so: undefined
>>>>>>> symbol: g_module_open
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Library loading seems to work on FC8 Mono 1.2.6 with the same IKVM
>>>>>>> version - but, obviously, an X86 .so.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any thoughts? Ideas?
>>>>>> Your system is probably missing gmodule-2.0, which is usually
>>>>>> part of glib.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Check the output of `ldd /home/MIX_CMIX/libikvm-native.so'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Robert
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> Mono-devel-list mailing list
>>>>>> Mono-devel-list at lists.ximian.com
>>>>>> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Jim Redman
>>>>> (505) 662 5156 x85
>>>>> http://www.ergotech.com
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Mono-devel-list mailing list
>>>>> Mono-devel-list at lists.ximian.com
>>>>> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mono-devel-list mailing list
>> Mono-devel-list at lists.ximian.com
>> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list
>