I ran into this issue as well. In my opinion this is a limitation of Mono. Mono should look in the path of the running EXE or DLL. To truly embed mono in an application this would be ideal.
http://www.mono-project.com/Interop_with_Native_Libraries Basically you have setup an env variable or place the dylib in a default directory. Duane On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:18 AM, marc hoffman <m...@elitedev.com> wrote: > Laurent, > > im getting the following error, although the dylib(s) *are* deployed in the > MacOS folder of the .app bundle. Snow Leopard 10.6.2, using the current > stable 2.4.2.3_6 version of Mono. > > 11/22/09 3:14:57 PM [0x0-0x5df5df].DAServer6[29474] Unhandled > Exception: Monobjc.ObjectiveCException: The 'libmonobjc.2.dylib' library was > not found. Please check that you have correctly installed it. ---> > System.DllNotFoundException: libmonobjc.2 > 11/22/09 3:14:57 PM [0x0-0x5df5df].DAServer6[29474] at (wrapper > managed-to-native) > Monobjc.Runtime.ObjectiveC20.NativeMethods:setLifecycleCallback > (Monobjc.Runtime.RuntimeBridge/LifecycleCallback) > 11/22/09 3:14:57 PM [0x0-0x5df5df].DAServer6[29474] at > Monobjc.Runtime.ObjectiveC20.ObjectiveC20Bridge.SetLifecycleCallback > (Monobjc.Runtime.LifecycleCallback callback) [0x00000] > 11/22/09 3:14:57 PM [0x0-0x5df5df].DAServer6[29474] --- End of inner > exception stack trace --- > 11/22/09 3:14:57 PM [0x0-0x5df5df].DAServer6[29474] at > Monobjc.Runtime.ObjectiveC20.ObjectiveC20Bridge.SetLifecycleCallback > (Monobjc.Runtime.LifecycleCallback callback) [0x00000] > 11/22/09 3:14:57 PM [0x0-0x5df5df].DAServer6[29474] at > Monobjc.Runtime.RuntimeBridge.get_Current () [0x00000] > 11/22/09 3:14:57 PM [0x0-0x5df5df].DAServer6[29474] at (wrapper > synchronized) Monobjc.Runtime.RuntimeBridge:get_Current () > 11/22/09 3:14:57 PM [0x0-0x5df5df].DAServer6[29474] at > Monobjc.ObjectiveCRuntime.DefineClass (System.Type type) [0x00000] > 11/22/09 3:14:57 PM [0x0-0x5df5df].DAServer6[29474] at > Monobjc.ObjectiveCRuntime.ScanAssembly (System.Reflection.Assembly assembly) > [0x00000] > > same app that ran fine with the previous Monobjc (which did not need the > unmanaged dylib). > > any suggestions? > marc > > On Nov 11, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Laurent Etiemble wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have finally come to a solution regarding the Snow Leopard support: > > I have introduced a native library into the bridge to avoid the > > reported crash on Mac OS X 10.6 [1]. After reviewing all the > > feebacks[2][3], I came to the conclusion that a native library was the > > only solution to: > > - avoid the native/managed cross-calls when a thread exists and > > dealloc its exit notification > > - avoid the Mono runtime hacking (the Mono team is not really for it) > > > > The preview of the new release of the bridge is available for > > download: http://downloads.monobjc.net/Monobjc-2.0.436.0.tar.gz > > > > Here are some noticeable points: > > - the bridge now requires two shared libraries: libmonobjc.1.dylib and > > libmonobjc.2.dylib (They are used for each version of the Objective-C > > runtime). You have to put them in the MacOS folder of the application > > bundle. Refer to the samples applications to see how you can simply do > > that. > > - the dealloc method is no more overriden. When using this version, > > you will see a bunch of errors related to that. A search and replace > > should do the trick. > > - I saw some crashes on PowerPC G4 machines with Mono 2.6. Please use > > Mono 2.4 as it is known to work ok. > > - I think there are still some hidden issues (performance, optimization, > etc). > > > > Can you please provide feedback on: > > - the platform you are testing on (OS and Processor) > > - the Mono version you are testing with > > - the kind of application you are testing > > - the result (work or crash) > > > > Thank you to everybody who has helped, and happy testing. > > > > Regards, Laurent Etiemble. > > > > [1] https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537764 > > [2] http://www.mail-archive.com/us...@lists.monobjc.net/msg00251.html > > [3] http://www.mail-archive.com/us...@lists.monobjc.net/msg00286.html > >
