-nostdlib does two things. It keeps corlib.dll from being loaded by default.
The second thing is what's causing you problems. -nostdlib tells mcs to grab all types from the files it's compiling. This includes the base types, such as System.Object (which you were getting errors about). The only reason to use -nostdlib is when compiling corlib itself, which should use the types defined in corlib, *not* types definied in the previous version of corlib. You shouldn't need -nostdlib. It's "for internal use only." ;-) - Jon >===== Original Message From Gert Driesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >Hi, > >Can anyone explain what the effect of specifying the -nostdlib option is for the Mcs (using the Mono runtime or the .NET runtime) ? > >For the MS.NET compiler it allows you to specify another mscorlib.dll that should be linked instead of the .NET Framework mscorlib.dll. > >But for Mcs this does not seems to work : when you want to build an assembly using the Mono runtime you must use "mono mcs.exe [options]" although in my opinion should be able to build an assembly using the Mono system assemblies by using the following commandline : > >mcs.exe -target:library -nostdlib -noconfig -out:log4net.dll -r:corlib.dll -r:System.dll -r:System.Xml.dll -r:System.Web.dll -recurse:*.cs > >But apparently it does not seems to link to the corlib.dll again, because I get the following compile errors : > >error CS0518: The predefined type `System.Object' is not defined >error CS0518: The predefined type `System.ValueType' is not defined >error CS0518: The predefined type `System.Attribute' is not defined >error CS0518: The predefined type `System.IComparable' is not defined >error CS0518: The predefined type `System.ICloneable' is not defined >error CS0518: The predefined type `System.IConvertible' is not defined >error CS0518: The predefined type `System.Collections.IEnumerable' is not defined >error CS0518: The predefined type `System.Collections.ICollection' is not defined >error CS0518: The predefined type `System.Collections.IEnumerator' is not defined >...... > >Can anyone explain what the -nostdlib option is for then, and how I can compile compile an assembly with the Mono system assemblies without using Mono.exe Mcs.exe ? > >Gert _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
