[Mono-dev] Strange build problem

[Neale Ferguson]

Re: bugzilla 37781

On the same virtual machine in which the Jenkins bot successfully builds
mono, I am encountering failures of an unusual type. Thinking it might be
a hangover to something in the account’s home directory, I created a
completely new account, cloned from master, configured and built. It craps
out with the following:

MCS     [build] mscorlib.dll
Assembly/AssemblyInfo.cs(33,5): error CS8025: Parsing error
System/AndroidPlatform.cs(66,246): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol
`end-of-file', expecting `end-of-file'
System/Console.iOS.cs(127,246): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol
`end-of-file', expecting `end-of-file'
System/Guid.MonoTouch.cs(24,253): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol
`end-of-file', expecting `end-of-file'
System/TimeZoneInfo.Android.cs(737,246): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol
`end-of-file', expecting `end-of-file'
System/TimeZoneInfo.MonoTouch.cs(109,246): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol
`end-of-file', expecting `end-of-file'
System.Globalization/RegionInfo.MonoTouch.cs(54,246): error CS1525:
Unexpected symbol `end-of-file', expecting `end-of-file'
System.IO/LogcatTextWriter.cs(80,246): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol
`end-of-file', expecting `end-of-file'
System.Security/SecurityManager_mobile.cs(215,246): error CS1525:
Unexpected symbol `end-of-file', expecting `end-of-file'
System.Security.Cryptography/CryptoConfig.fullaot.cs(239,246): error
CS1525: Unexpected symbol `end-of-file', expecting `end-of-file'
../../../external/referencesource/mscorlib/system/resources/__hresults.cs(2
6,246): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol `end-of-file', expecting
`end-of-file'
../../../external/referencesource/mscorlib/system/resources/looselylinkedre
sourcereference.cs(89,246): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol `end-of-file',
expecting `end-of-file'
Compilation failed: 12 error(s), 0 warnings

I am at a loss to work out WTF is happening. I like the way the error
message keeps a straight face when it complains about encountering
“end-of-file” symbol when it was really expecting “end-of-file”!


Any suggestions about where to look?

Neale