[BUG] Bug in lang/mono and request to rollback
x11-toolkits/gtk-sharp to 0.17
Jeremy Messenger
mezz7 at cox.net
Thu Jun 24 13:23:11 PDT 2004
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:49:30 -0700, John Merryweather Cooper
<johnmary at adelphia.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 03:27:33PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
>> On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 15:13, John Merryweather Cooper wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 12:30:21PM -0500, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>> > > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 02:46:44 -0700, John Merryweather Cooper
>> > > <johnmary at adelphia.net> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >I'm making progress on getting comms/gfax 0.6.0 to work, but I'm
>> > > >having some issues with lang/mono and x11-toolkits/gtk-sharp.
>> > > >
>> > > >First, lang/mono:
>> > > >
>> > > >Using the following command line (for example):
>> > > >
>> > > ># mcs -pkg:gnome-sharp something.cs
>> > > >
>> > > >causes mcs to core dump with a locking violation in libpthread
>> > > >on -CURRENT. Internally, mcs is supposed to be calling
>> > > >
>> > > >pkg-config --libs gnome-sharp
>> > > >
>> > > >to extract the DLL's that are referenced. I can work around as
>> > > >follows:
>> > > >
>> > > ># mcs `/usr/local/bin/pkg-config --libs gnome-sharp` something.cs
>> > > >
>> > > >But this leads me to the problem with x11-toolkits/gtk-sharp
>> > > >version 0.93--it's incompatible with comms/gfax. Moreover,
>> > > >http://gtk-sharp.sourceforge.net/ lists 0.17 as the present
>> > > >release version. Unless there's something out there that
>> > > >needs 0.93, I think a rollback to 0.17 would be in order--
>> > > >comms/gfax 0.6.0 compiles fine with it.
>> > >
>> > > gfax is the one that who need to update to get it works with newer
>> > > gtk-sharp. The gtk-sharp is now part of Mono and it has been moved
>> to Mono
>> > > CVS now. The current release tag is 0.98, so there should be 0.98
>> tarball
>> > > to download at Mono's website.
>> > >
>> > > Check gtk-sharp's website said:
>> > > ============================================
>> > > The project is closely associated with the Mono project.
>> Development is
>> > > proceeding in the Mono CVS repository. The CVS Repository can be
>> browsed
>> > > on the web[1].
>> > >
>> > > [1] http://cvs.hispalinux.es/cgi-bin/cvsweb/gtk-sharp/?cvsroot=mono
>> > > ============================================
>> > >
>> > > Cheers,
>> > > Mezz
>> > >
>> > > >jmc
>> > >
>> > >
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>> >
>> > Well, I'll just have to wait for the author to produce a new
>> release. :(
>> >
>> > But you didn't address the problems lang/mono is having on its command
>> > line. In addition to the core dump that results from using the
>> > -pkg: flag, the -r: flag no longer works as intended. Previously,
>> e.g.,
>> > -r:gtk-sharp would reference the gtk-sharp assembly without an
>> absolute
>> > path. Now, lang/mono fails to reference an assembly without an
>> absolute
>> > path.
I didn't address it, because I have no idea and I gave up on Mono a very
long time ago. :-)
>> Note: we don't maintain mono or gtk-sharp anymore. If you'd like to
>> take those over, please, be my guest. We really need someone that can
>> wrangle these mono bugs.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> >
>> > jmc
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>
> Since I'll never get comms/gfax ported without a working lang/mono and/or
> x11-toolkits/gtk-sharp, sign me up. You can put coop9211 at uidaho.edu as
> the maintainer for both effectively immediately. I'll work on it in
> between baby maintenance. :)
Great, thanks! 'We have a new Mono vict^W^W^Wolunteer!', said Joe. Hehe,
good one. :-)
Cheers,
Mezz
> jmc
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