[Mono-list] Re: xsp build problems on debian

[Robert Jordan]

Hi,

>>>I am having trouble building 1.0.6 on debian sid. I get through building 
>>>the runtime which all seems ot run a simple "hello world" class fine. 
>>>But I cannot continue onto xsp (the reason I want to use mono)
>>>

[...]

>>>ALPHA SOFTWARE: Mono C# Compiler 0.96.0.0 for Generics
>>>error CS0006: Cannot find assembly `System.Web.dll'
>>>Log:
>>>
>>>error CS0006: Cannot find assembly `Mono.Posix.dll'
>>>Log:
>>
> 
> I have this same problem on FreeBSD too.  I had thought it was a FreeBSD
> specific problem because the only difference in the XSP Makefile between
> 1.0.6 and 1.0.5 is the use of gmcs over mcs as the compiler and we have
> some already known issues.  System.Web.dll and Mono.Posix.dll do exist
> and are listed by gacutil.  Now that I see this error happening to
> someone on a Linux box I believe this is a sign of an issue somewhere in
> Mono or gmcs.  Thanks.

See http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=72435

If you don't want or can compile from SVN (where the bug
has been fixed) then temporarily rename "gmcs" and run
XSP's "configure" again.

Rob