[Mono-list] mcs needs mscorlib!! - Why?

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Thanks for the clarification Miguel.
One more question on the same lines, i found that the IL for a 
Helloworld compiled using mcs has "mscorlib" references in it.
Is the mscorlib.dll in the IL present so that a .Net PE file 
compiled using mcs can also run on a MS CLR?

Thanks

On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 Miguel de Icaza wrote :
>Hello,
>
> > I tried compiling a C# program using mcs after renaming the 
>MS.Net
> > framework supplied mscorlib.dll that's on my machine.
> >
> > mcs could not complete compilation and terminated!
> > Why does mcs need mscorlib.dll? Isn't it supposed to use 
>mono's
> > corlib.dll?
>
>Actually, MCS is a CLI application, and can be run by any 
>implementation
>of the CLI.
>
>When you run mcs.exe from the command line, the operating system 
>has
>been configured to use the Microsoft .NET runtime and class 
>libraries,
>so that is what is chosen.
>
>If you type `mono mcs.exe', then the Mono runtime and class 
>libraries
>will be used.
>
>Miguel