[Mono-list] Windows installer - Take 3, a.k.a. "this should w ork for everyone"

[Dave Parsons]

Hi=20Gonzalo

Thanks=20for=20the=20update.=20Appreciate=20the=20effort=20you=20are=20mak=
ing,=20I=20just=20wanted
to=20be=20sure=20I=20hadn't=20missed=20something=20obvious=20when=20instal=
ling.

Will=20test=20the=20latest=20build.

Dave

-----Original=20Message-----
From:=20Gonzalo=20Paniagua=20Javier=20[mailto:gonzalo@ximian.com]=20
Sent:=2011=20May=202004=2011:48
To:=20mono-list@lists.ximian.com
Subject:=20RE:=20[Mono-list]=20Windows=20installer=20-=20Take=203,=20a.k.a=
.=20"this=20should=20w
ork=20for=20everyone"


El=20mar,=2011-05-2004=20a=20las=2010:36,=20Dave=20Parsons=20escribi=F3:
>=20Hi
>=20
>=20I=20tried=20the=20latest=20installer,=20from=20
>=20http://primates.ximian.com/~gonzalo/tmp/mono-0.91-win32-5.exe
>=20
>=20But=20still=20get:
>=20
>=20C:\>mbas
>=20
>=20**=20(C:\Program=20Files\Mono-0.91\lib\mbas.exe:680):=20WARNING=20**:=20=
Could=20not
find
>=20ass
>=20embly=20Mono.GetOptions,=20references=20from=20C:\Program
>=20Files\Mono-0.91\lib\mbas.exe=20(
>=20assemblyref_index=3D1)
>=20=20=20=20=20=20Major/Minor:=201,0
>=20=20=20=20=20=20Build:=20=20=20=20=20=20=205000,0
>=20=20=20=20=20=20Token:=20=20=20=20=20=20=200738eb9f132ed756

This=20is=20being=20tracked=20in:
http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D58260

Someone=20reported=20that=20at=20least=20mcs,=20ilasm=20and=20mono=20work=20=
from=20cmd.exe.
The=20last=20attempt=20at=20a=20working=20installer=20is
http://primates.ximian.com/~gonzalo/tmp/mono-0.91-win32-6.exe


[...]

>=20What=20am=20I=20missing=20here?=20I=20am=20new=20to=20Mono,=20having=20=
used=200.31=20before=20the
beta,
>=20which=20installed=20and=20worked=20flawlessly.

Well,=20no=20one=20provided=20a=20win32=20installer=20that=20works=20and=20=
I=20decided=20to=20use
the=20.nsi=20file=20in=20mono=20CVS=20to=20build=20the=20packages.Turned=20=
out=20that=20the
existing=20file=20generated=20installers=20were=20pretty=20broken=20and=20=
I'm=20trying=20to
build=20a=20good=20one=20and=20then=20reuse=20it=20for=20next=20releases.=20=
Hope=20to=20get=20it
soon=20with=20the=20feedback=20people=20is=20sending.

-Gonzalo


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