and of course i forgot the attachment. here it is.
--anthony
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 1:41 PM, anthony taranto
<anthony.tara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We're distributing an OS X application using Monobjc's <mkbundle> and
> <mkappl> tasks. The <mkbundle> task embeds the .dll files that our app
> depends on. We would like to selectively blacklist certain .dlls from
> this process due to LGPL/licensing reasons. In other words, I want to
> embed one set of dlls, and load another set of dlls at runtime from
> standalone .dll files in our app bundle. I'd like to know the best way
> to achieve this.
>
> I've attempted to add a <without-assemblies/> sub task to the
> NAnt.Monobjc.dll, which would let me blacklist one or more dlls (patch
> attached). This seems to work, but even after copying the non-embedded
> dll files into My.App/Contents/MacOS, they still can't be loaded at
> runtime. Instead I see the following message:
>
> ** (MyApp.exe:12143): WARNING **: The following assembly referenced
> from My.Embedded.dll could not be loaded:
> Assembly: My.NonEmbedded (assemblyref_index=6)
> Version: 1.0.0
> Public Key: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The assembly was not found in the Global Assembly Cache, a path
> listed in the MONO_PATH environment variable, or in the location of
> the executing assembly (//).
>
> So, what's the correct way to distribute a standalone Mac application
> that bundles and references LGPL assemblies?
>
> --Anthony
>
Only in Monobjc-2.0.505.0.orig: dist
diff -ur Monobjc-2.0.505.0.orig/src/tools/NAnt.MonobjcTasks/Tasks/MakeBundleTask.Generation.cs Monobjc-2.0.505.0/src/tools/NAnt.MonobjcTasks/Tasks/MakeBundleTask.Generation.cs
--- Monobjc-2.0.505.0.orig/src/tools/NAnt.MonobjcTasks/Tasks/MakeBundleTask.Generation.cs 2010-06-07 01:05:38.000000000 -0700
+++ Monobjc-2.0.505.0/src/tools/NAnt.MonobjcTasks/Tasks/MakeBundleTask.Generation.cs 2010-09-21 12:54:12.000000000 -0700
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Xsl;
using NAnt.Core;
+using NAnt.Core.Types;
using NAnt.Monobjc.Properties;
namespace NAnt.Monobjc.Tasks
@@ -56,6 +57,12 @@
List<String> bundleNames = new List<String>();
Dictionary<String, String> configNames = new Dictionary<String, String>();
+ Dictionary<String, object> excludedAssemblies = new Dictionary<String, object>();
+
+ foreach (Argument argument in this.ExcludedAssemblies)
+ {
+ excludedAssemblies[argument.File.ToString()] = null;
+ }
using (StreamWriter sourceWriter = new StreamWriter(File.Create(sourceFile)))
{
@@ -85,6 +92,12 @@
program = absoluteName;
}
+ if (excludedAssemblies.ContainsKey(fileName))
+ {
+ this.Log(Level.Info, "\t\tSkipping Assembly '{0}'", fileName);
+ continue;
+ }
+
if (this.UseCache)
{
this.Log(Level.Info, "\t\tEmbedding Assembly '{0}'", fileName);
@@ -361,4 +374,4 @@
}
}
}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff -ur Monobjc-2.0.505.0.orig/src/tools/NAnt.MonobjcTasks/Tasks/MakeBundleTask.cs Monobjc-2.0.505.0/src/tools/NAnt.MonobjcTasks/Tasks/MakeBundleTask.cs
--- Monobjc-2.0.505.0.orig/src/tools/NAnt.MonobjcTasks/Tasks/MakeBundleTask.cs 2010-02-15 14:35:44.000000000 -0800
+++ Monobjc-2.0.505.0/src/tools/NAnt.MonobjcTasks/Tasks/MakeBundleTask.cs 2010-09-21 11:34:51.000000000 -0700
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@
public Argument[] AdditionalAssemblies { get; set; }
/// <summary>
+ /// Gets or sets the assemblies that will not be embedded.
+ /// </summary>
+ /// <value>The assemblies that will not be embedded.</value>
+ [BuildElementArray("without-assembly")]
+ public Argument[] ExcludedAssemblies { get; set; }
+
+ /// <summary>
/// Gets or sets the additional libraries.
/// </summary>
/// <value>The additional libraries.</value>
@@ -146,6 +153,15 @@
}
}
+ // Check excluded assemblies
+ foreach (Argument arg in this.ExcludedAssemblies)
+ {
+ if (arg.File == null)
+ {
+ throw new BuildException("Missing 'file' attribute on <without-assembly/> sub-task");
+ }
+ }
+
// Check additionnal libraries
foreach (Argument arg in this.AdditionalLibraries)
{
@@ -207,4 +223,4 @@
this.executableFile = Path.Combine(this.ToDirectory.ToString(), baseName);
}
}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
