[Opensim-dev] Needing Mono.Security.dll on Windows at PostgreSQL module

[Justin Clark-Casey]

A small point - can this be in the directory bin/lib/.NET/ rather than Windows/?  This makes it clear that it's a 
library directory and only required under .NET (since you can theoretically run Mono in Windows, though admittedly 
probably pretty much nobody does this).

On 16/10/13 12:49, Fernando Francisco de Oliveira wrote:
> Yesterday I tested my code, and already patched it to load the Mono.Security.dll from bin/windows folder only when the
> program was running on windows.
>
> It was put at first attempt to load it from PGSQL module. and it worked fine at windows. I didn't tested on linux yet.
> and still need to test also on Robust.
>
> The implementation was exacly what Sean described, an event that is fired when any assembly isnt found at default
> directories, then I verify if it is running Mono environment and only use Assembly.Load when it's not. The librarie is
> stored at bin/windows folder, so the program don't load it unless for this code.
>
>
>
>
> Fernando Oliveira
> http://oliveira.eti.br
>
> http://twitter.com/oliveira_lands
>
>
>
>
> 2013/10/16 Latif Khalifa <latifer at streamgrid.net <mailto:latifer at streamgrid.net>>
>
>     We used to ship  Mono.Security.dll with libopenmetaverse. It caused
>     all sorts of trouble for Linux users, because mono on startup will
>     load the one from cwd preferably. So shipping it in bin/windows that
>     mono will not know about is the only way to go.
>
>     I wish we thought of this approach back then ;)
>
>     On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 5:08 AM, Fernando Francisco de Oliveira
>     <fernando at oliveira.eti.br <mailto:fernando at oliveira.eti.br>> wrote:
>      > Hello
>      >
>      > I was investigating the bug
>      > (http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=6803) found that
>      > Mono.Security.dll which is packaged with Npgsql.dll library is needed on
>      > Windows, but can't be distributed on Linux, because mono already have it and
>      > gives conflicts error.
>      >
>      > I would like to discuss about distributing the Mono.Security.dll on a folder
>      > above bin like "bin/windows" folder, which could contains the libraries that
>      > only is needed on windows.
>      >
>      > I did a change on PGSQL project to load dynamicaly Mono.Security only if
>      > it's running on Windows, and from that folder.
>      > If it running on Mono, it load it from GAC (if available) and don't load the
>      > windows dll.
>      >
>      > http://pastebin.com/WdzfmbSr
>      >
>      > Let's talk about it ?
>      >
>      > Fernando Oliveira
>      > http://oliveira.eti.br
>      >
>      >
>      >
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