[Mono-list] ASP.NET on Mac OS X

[Jackson Harper]

Hello,

	I'll do some research on these problems and try to get access to a Mac
next week so I can debug these issues. Would you mind filing a bug
report at bugzilla.ximian.com

Thanks for your help,
Jackson

On Sat, 2004-02-07 at 18:47, Jonathan LaCour wrote:
> Jackson,
> 
> I did some digging in the class libraries a bit to determine exactly 
> where this problem is occurring.  The issue is indeed the way that Mac 
> OS X's HFS+ filesystem handles case sensitivity.  In HFS+, case is 
> stored, but is not exactly observed.  So, if I create a file on my 
> filesystem called "Web.config", when I `ls`, it will show up as 
> "Web.config".  But, if I vi the lowercase version ("web.config"), it 
> will open the original file.  Hence, case is stored, but the filesystem 
> is not truly case sensitive.
> 
> The problem in Mono occurs in the GetConfigFromFileName(...) on line 
> 136 of WebConfigurationSettings.cs.  This method checks to see if 
> "web.config" exists, and then checks to see if "Web.config" exists.  If 
> both exist, it throws an exception, which kills any ASPX in its tracks. 
>   On my Mac OS X machine, only one web.config file exists, but it can be 
> reached with either name because of the aforementioned case sensitivity 
> issue.
> 
> The check that is performed in the code looks at DirectorySeparatorChar 
> to determine if you are on a UNIX machine, and then assumes case 
> sensitivity.  The check probably needs to be changed to exclude Mac OS 
> X from the generated exception.
> 
> Let me know how I can help.  I would like to get the problem fixed so 
> that I can develop ASP.NET applications on my Powerbook.
> 
>   - Jon
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 7, 2004, at 3:19 PM, Jackson Harper wrote:
> >
> > Can you make sure you dont have a web.config and Web.config in your
> > applications directory?
> >
> > Jackson
> >
> > On Sat, 2004-02-07 at 12:11, Jonathan LaCour wrote:
> >> I cannot seem to get ASP.NET working on Mac OS X 10.3.  I have 
> >> compiled
> >> mono 0.30 successfully with garbage collection, and have also 
> >> installed
> >> xsp 0.9.  When I run even the simplest ASP.NET application through xsp
> >> with mint (generally get a bus error with the JIT), I get the 
> >> following
> >> error:
> >>
> >> 	System.Configuration.ConfigurationException: Both web.config
> >> 	and Web.config exist for /()
> >>
> >> I believe that this is related to the fact that the Mac OS X 
> >> filesystem
> >> isn't truly case sensitive iirc.  It stores case, but doesn't appear 
> >> to
> >> use it.
> >>
> >> Is this a bug in mono, xsp, or am I just plain doing something wrong?
> >> If its a bug, please feel free to direct me on how to fix it myself.  
> >> I
> >> would be more than happy to contribute.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance!
> >>
> >>    - Jonathan
> >>
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