[Mono-list] Error building mcs-0.29 from source (on Linux)

[Randy J. Ray]

make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/Mono/mcs-0.29/class/ByteFX.Data'
MONO_PATH="../../class/lib:$MONO_PATH" mono  ../../mcs/mcs.exe   -d:NET_1_1 -g 
/
noconfig /r:mscorlib.dll /r:System.dll /r:System.Xml.dll /r:System.Data.dll /
r:ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll /r:System.Design.dll /r:System.Drawing.dll /r:
System.Windows.Forms.dll /res:mysqlclient/Designers/command.bmp /res:
mysqlclient/Designers/connection.bmp /res:mysqlclient/Designers/dataadapter.
bmp /target:library /out:../../class/lib/ByteFX.Data.dll @ByteFX.Data.dll.
sources
  Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file "..
\..\bytefx.snk"
in <0x002fa> System.IO.FileStream:.ctor (string,System.IO.FileMode,System.IO.
FileAccess,System.IO.FileShare,int,bool)
in <0x00086> System.IO.FileStream:.ctor (string,System.IO.FileMode)
in <0x00065> (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.IO.FileStream:.ctor 
(string,System.IO.FileMode)
in <0x00214> System.Reflection.Emit.AssemblyBuilder:SetCustomAttribute 
(System.Reflection.Emit.CustomAttributeBuilder)
in <0x00df9> Mono.CSharp.Attribute:ApplyAttributes (Mono.CSharp.EmitContext,
object,object,Mono.CSharp.Attributes)
in <0x001f9> Mono.CSharp.RootContext:EmitCode ()
in <0x0081f> Mono.CSharp.Driver:MainDriver (string[])
in <0x0001b> Mono.CSharp.Driver:Main (string[])
  make[2]: *** [../../class/lib/ByteFX.Data.dll] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/Mono/mcs-0.29/class/ByteFX.Data'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/Mono/mcs-0.29/class'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1


My first concern was that the path to bytefx.snk used \ rather than / for a 
separator. But assuming that mcs handles this in a platform-independant 
fashion, there is no bytefx.snk in the dist area, either as part of the tar-
file or generated during the build process.

Randy
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