Lauren, I compile my own mono so if you could post the patch file somewhere that would be great.
Thanks. On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Laurent Etiemble < laurent.etiem...@monobjc.net> wrote: > Hello, > > I am still working on a patch for the Mono runtime: the goal is to > have it integrated by Novell but it must meet certain criteria to do > so. > > Meanwhile, I have prepared a patched version of the recently released > 2.4.3. If you need an interim solution, you can find the disk images > at > http://build.monobjc.net/releases/2.4.3_M/MonoFramework-2.4.3_M-universal.dmg > > Regards, Laurent Etiemble. > > 2009/12/2 Laurent Etiemble <laurent.etiem...@monobjc.net>: > > Hello, > > > > Sorry for the late update, but I had some busy nights trying to find > > another work-around for the Snow Leopard crash. The 4.0.436 release of > > the Monobjc bridge has brought mixed results regarding the Snow > > Leopard crash: some users have reported success while others have > > reported nasty crashes. > > > > So, I have resumed my work on the Mono runtime patching to find an > > acceptable way to do it (not too hacky so Novell would accept it). > > During my tests, I have discover that the conditions of the bug are > > already present under Leopard. Why it does not crash seems linked to > > the way TSD (Thread Specfic Data) are destroyed. So I have changed my > > approach and I have come to a workaround that seems to prevent the > > crash. > > > > The archive of the patched Mono runtime is available at: > > > http://build.monobjc.net/releases/2.4.2.3_M/MonoFramework-2.4.2.3_M-universal.tar.bz2 > > > > In order to use the archive: > > - you need to have a working installation of Mono. > > - uncompress the archive in /Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions > > - relink the Current symlink to the archive (sudo rm Current && sudo > > ln -s 2.4.2.3_M Current) > > > > Some points about this runtime: > > - The runtime is universal. I have made some tests under some > > OS/Processor combinations, but I cannot cover all hardware. > > - The runtime contains Mono, Visual Basic and NAnt. It does not > > contains libgdiplus or any of the third-party packages. > > - The runtime contains all what is needed to run mkbundle or the > > packaging tasks. > > - The runtime also contains other patches: embedded "machine.config" > > and "app.config" are now usable. > > > > If you decide to test this runtime, please provide the following: > > - hardware/system full version > > - kind of application/complexity > > - anything that can help in case of crash > > > > Regards, Laurent Etiemble. > > >
