[Mono-dev] [PATCH] Make sure mkbundle executables work if they are run from a path on the PATH environment variable.

[Rafael Teixeira]

Hi Ramin,

Nowadays GitHub 'Pull Requests' is the preferred way to make contributions.

See https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

Rafael Teixeira
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On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 5:12 PM, R Zaghi <rzaghi at mosaic3dx.com> wrote:

> This is a patch to enable mkbundle executable files to work when they are
> run from a path that is on the PATH environment variable.
>
> Mono mini has a function probe_embedded() which looks for the program's
> file (using argv[0]). If the program is run from a path on the PATH
> environment variable then the open() fails and only a single parameter is
> sent to the mono_main() which in turn causes an if condition to print the
> help and exit.
>
> This patch searches through the directories specified in the current
> environment's PATH variable and tries to open() then first file found.
>
> Apologies if this is not the right way to submit patches but I had a quick
> look at the contribution page online and my understanding is that I must
> send a patch this to the community with the most likely or relevant
> owner(s) on the CC.
>
> Please let me know if I need to do anything else to push this (change
> log!?).
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Ramin Zaghi
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