Adding /etc/mono/config.d

[Alexander Larsson]

On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 17:46 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 August 2006 06:23, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> > Why do you need that. Why isn't it enough to put it in the .config file
> > for the dll?
> 
> I don't follow the question.
> 
> If you're suggesting that we add a line to the existing /etc/mono/config file, 
> not this won't work.  We don't want to munge existing (and possibly user 
> edited) config files.  That's WHY applications that have packages that add 
> bits to configuration create a config.d/ directory so that each application 
> can drop their config stub in there without overwriting any existing config 
> files.  This is the preferred method of appending configurations to a base 
> package.
> 
> If you're talking about something else, then I don't follow and need more 
> information.

Typically a mono .dll file has a companion .dll.configure file. Look at
for instance:
/usr/lib/mono/gac/gtk-sharp/2.10.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/gtk-sharp.dll.config

This is used for the same purpose as /etc/mono/config, but only for that
particular dll.

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