Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 200811
gtksourceview-sharp-2.0-13.fc5.x86_64 installs assembly where monodevelop can't find it
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:39 EST
Description of problem: On my FC5 x86_64 system, monodevelop can't find gtksourceview-sharp.dll after installing the latest update. I believe this is because it is installed under /usr/lib64/mono/gac while everything else is installed under /usr/lib/mono/gac. Shouldn't the assembly be installed somewhere that monodevelop can find it without needing to set any env vars? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): mono-core-1.1.13.7-1.fc5.1 monodevelop-0.11-7 gtksourceview-sharp-2.0-13.fc5 How reproducible: Everytime. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run monodevelop Actual results: The error is: [brettle@ibexpc ~]$ monodevelop ** (MonoDevelop:19744): WARNING **: The following assembly referenced from /usr/lib/monodevelop/AddIns/MonoDevelop.SourceEditor.dll could not be loaded: Assembly: gtksourceview-sharp (assemblyref_index=2) Version: 1.0.0.2 Public Key: 35e10195dab3c99f 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 (/usr/lib/monodevelop/bin/../AddIns). ** (MonoDevelop:19744): WARNING **: The class GtkSourceView.SourceLanguagesManager could not be loaded, used in gtksourceview-sharp, Version=1.0.0.2, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=35e10195dab3c99f ** ERROR **: file class.c: line 2505 (mono_class_setup_parent): should not be reached aborting... Expected results: Monodevelop should start without error. Additional info: FYI, I was unable to use MONO_PATH or MONO_GAC_PREFIX to convince mono to use that directory, but perhaps I just didn't provide the correct setting.
Monodevelop is not in FE yet. There is an open report on this (#178904). The version currently in development fixes this problem. Thanks for the report.
Good to know that monodevelop is being reviewed. However, I'm reopening because I'm concerned that this is a larger problem. Shouldn't gtksourceview-sharp be visible to mono in general, not just monodevelop? For example, gacutil can't find it either: [brettle@ibexpc ~]$ gacutil -l gtksourceview-sharp The following assemblies are installed into the GAC: Number of items = 0 Also, gtk-sharp installs under /usr/lib/mono/gac. Is gtksourceview-sharp more platform-dependent than gtk-sharp in some way? I'm not trying to be a pain. I just want to make sure that this issue is resolved in the correct/consistent manner. Thanks!
The problem is actually an upstream one. Due to the way mono is done (it has to be platform and processor agnostic), everything is placed in /usr/lib - irrespective of hardware considerations.. There has been much debate on the packagers lists over this and for now, the decision is that /usr/lib is fine, but upstream really have to fix the problem. It looks like gtksourceview-sharp was caught in the cross fire. I'm building a fixed version and will commit it tonight. It should hit extras on the next push. If it still comes back as a problem, please open a new bug rather than this one (it looks like it is a monodevelop bug report!)