[Mono-dev] libMonoPosixHelper and libMonoSupportW not being built when --disable-mcs-build

[autif khan]

I looked thru git to see how this evolved. It lead me to commit
9c48ce0cec7f37fd9f90be75cf7887d014048b25 by Gonzalo. I was hoping he
could shed some light on this. I just dont want this to bite me down
the road.

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 12:59 PM, autif khan <autif.mlist at gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe that "support" directory is intentionally being left out
> during cross compilation. I wonder why? Does anyone know?
>
> Excerpts from root Makefile.in - notice how "support" is missing when
> @CROSS_COMPILING_FALSE
>
> @CROSS_COMPILING_FALSE@@ONLY_MOONLIGHT_FALSE at SUBDIRS = po $(libgc_dir)
> eglib mono $(ikvm_native_dir) support data runtime scripts man samples
> msvc $(docs_dir)
> @CROSS_COMPILING_FALSE@@ONLY_MOONLIGHT_TRUE at SUBDIRS =
> $(MOONLIGHT_SUBDIRS) runtime
> @CROSS_COMPILING_TRUE at SUBDIRS = po $(libgc_dir) eglib mono
> $(ikvm_native_dir) data runtime scripts man samples msvc $(docs_dir)
> # Keep in sync with SUBDIRS
> @CROSS_COMPILING_FALSE@@ONLY_MOONLIGHT_FALSE at DIST_SUBDIRS = po libgc
> eglib mono ikvm-native support data runtime scripts man samples tools
> msvc docs
> # Keep in sync with SUBDIRS
> @CROSS_COMPILING_TRUE at DIST_SUBDIRS = po libgc eglib mono ikvm-native
>      data runtime scripts man samples tools msvc docs
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 11:19 AM, autif khan <autif.mlist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am cross compiling mono and have success with it. The process as described is:
>>
>> 1) Compile mono on build/host machine for the libraries
>> 2) Cross Compile mono with --disable-mcs-build and copy the .NET
>> libraries to the target system.
>>
>> However, I have to use --disable-mcs-build mono_cv_uscore=no
>> --with-tls=pthread --with-sigaltstack=no for configuration.
>>
>> Then I copy over both the etc/mono and usr/lib/mono directories to the
>> target system
>>
>> At this point of time, I am able to get all the runtime tests to pass
>> and almost all the mscorlib and System.dll tests to pass.
>>
>> The problem is that when I try to execute a .NET app that uses Windows
>> Forms, I get a DllNotFoundException for these (unmanaged) libraries.
>>
>> I have verified that libMonoPosixHelper.* and libMonoSupportW.* are
>> not being built, even when we just compile (not necessarily cross
>> compile) mono with --disable-mcs-build
>>
>> So, whats going on what can I do to force build this?
>>
>> I am using the latest stable version 2.10.8.1
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Autif