[Mono-list] CVS problem

[Jaime Anguiano Olarra]

Sorry for the delay. I will add this to the faq now.

Jaime.

On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 01:13, Gonzalo Paniagua Javier wrote:
> El vie, 18 de 04 de 2003 a las 00:49, Paul escribi=F3:
> > Hi,
> >=20
> > I downloaded from CVS last night the source to mcs, mono and gtk# (as
> > per the instructions on the website).
> >=20
> > Following the readme file, I compiled mono. However, it looks like most
> > of the dlls required (which should be in mcs) aren't there. Further
> > digging found this to be the case.
> >=20
> > I've downloaded the tar ball which the other readme file says, copied
> > this to /usr/local and then compiled mcs (as per the instructions).
> >=20
> > I have 2 questions about this process.
> >=20
> > 1. Shouldn't the sources for the dlls be part of the cvs download
> > 2. Why are the files in the tar ball all terminated with the .exe
> > extension?
>=20
> This should be in the FAQ.
>=20
> You need cc to compile gcc. So you need a C# compiler to bootstrap mcs
> and libraries. That's why we provide those dlls and exes, which, btw,
> are the extensions that libraries and executable files (so called
> assemblies) have in .NET. Of course, under *nix you can rename then to
> whatever.
>=20
> -Gonzalo
>=20
>=20
> _______________________________________________
> Mono-list maillist  -  Mono-list@lists.ximian.com
> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
--=20
http://www.go-mono.org -- The Mono Project, .net + freedom.