mcs/tools/linker/ChangeLog

   1 2007-07-25  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
   2
   3         * Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromAssemblyStep.cs:
   4                 When linking from an executable, it's possible
   5                 to reduce the executable as well.
   6
   7 2007-07-23  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
   8
   9         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs
  10           Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs:
  11                 Allow one to specify the action to apply to an assembly
  12                 from the command line.
  13
  14 2007-07-22  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  15
  16         * Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs:
  17                 If no file found with -a, try to resolve it.
  18
  19         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs
  20           Mono.Linker/Pipeline.cs:
  21                 Adjust the visibility only once, even with multiple -i.
  22
  23 2007-07-21  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  24
  25         * Mono.Linker.Steps/SweepStep.cs:
  26                 Sweep memberrefs along with the typerefs.
  27
  28 2007-07-20  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  29
  30         * Mono.Linker.Steps/AdjustVisibilityStep.cs:
  31                 Don't change the visibility of the members if the type
  32                 is marked internal.
  33
  34 2007-07-18  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  35
  36         * Mono.Linker/ResolutionException.cs:
  37           Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
  38                 Throw a resolution exception when a metadata item
  39                 can not be resolved in external assemblies.
  40
  41         * Mono.Linker/AssemblyResolver.cs:
  42                 Use the assembly name only as a key for the
  43                 assembly cache.
  44
  45 2007-07-05  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  46
  47         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs
  48           Mono.Linker/Pipeline.cs:
  49                 Add a way to install steps in the pipeline
  50                 from the outside.
  51
  52 2007-07-03  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  53
  54         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs:
  55                 Add support for @files
  56
  57         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs:
  58                 Add a way to add search directories to the resolver.
  59
  60 2007-06-18  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  61
  62         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
  63                 Mark generic parameter constraints.
  64
  65         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
  66                 Mark modifiers of modtype.
  67
  68 2007-06-15  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  69
  70         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs,
  71           Mono.Linker/I18nAssemblies.cs,
  72           Mono.Linker.Steps/LoadI18nAssemblies.cs:
  73                 Copy the i18n assemblies when running Mono.
  74
  75         * Mono.Linker/CustomResolver.cs => AssemblyResolver.cs,
  76           Mono.Linker/Annotations.cs,
  77           Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs,
  78           Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromXmlStep.cs:
  79                 Clean up the assembly reference system.
  80                 Fixes bug where the linker have multiple
  81                 time the same assembly in its cache.
  82
  83 2007-06-13  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  84
  85         * Mono.Linker.Steps/OutputStep.cs:
  86                 Copy .config files alongs with assemblies.
  87
  88         * Mono.Linker.Steps/CleanStep.cs:
  89                 Clean memberref that are not used anymore.
  90
  91 2007-06-12  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  92
  93         * Mono.Linker.Steps/AdjustVisibilityStep.cs,
  94           Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromApiInfoStep.cs,
  95           Mono.Linker/Drivers.cs:
  96                 Adjust the visibility depending on the data
  97                 gathered in the api-info.
  98
  99         * Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromApiInfoStep.cs:
 100           Mono.Linker/Driver.cs:
 101                 Started working on linking from api-info.
 102
 103 2007-06-08  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 104
 105         * Descriptors/System.Drawing.xml,
 106           Mono.Linker.Steps/BlackListStep.cs:
 107                 Add preserve infos for System.Drawing.
 108
 109         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
 110           Tests/TestsCases/Linker/Generics/*:
 111                 Also walk through generic instances to
 112                 mark arguments.
 113
 114 2007-06-07  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 115
 116         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
 117                 Mark types used in some marshal specs.
 118
 119         * Mono.Linker.Tests/MarkStep.cs
 120           Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/XmlLinkingTestFixture.cs
 121           Tests/TestCases/Linker/ReferenceInAttributes/*:
 122                 Mark fields and setters used in custom attribute
 123                 instantiation. Mark also types used in custom attribute
 124                 instantiation.
 125
 126         * profiler/Makefile,
 127           profiler/link.c:
 128                 Add a small profiler that outputs the xml format
 129                 that the linker can resolve.
 130
 131                 By running an application with the profiler, one
 132                 can help the linker gather data. Especially for dynamic
 133                 cases like assembly loading an dynamic type resolving.
 134
 135 2007-06-06  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 136
 137         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
 138           Mono.Linker/CustomResolvercs:
 139                 Try to find types in custom attributes to mark them.
 140
 141         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
 142                 Mark default constructor for serializable types.
 143                 Mark the special serialization constructor as well.
 144
 145         * Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs:
 146           Mono.Linker.Steps/LoadReferences.cs:
 147                 Use the name of the assembly as a key
 148                 instead of the fullname.
 149
 150         * Mono.Linker/CustomResolver.cs:
 151                 When a method is not found, go down
 152                 the class hierarchy to find it.
 153
 154 2007-06-05  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 155
 156         * Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/IntegrationTestFixture.cs:
 157           Tests/TestCases/Integration/*
 158           Tests/Makefile:
 159                 Start the integration tests.
 160
 161 2007-06-04  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 162
 163         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
 164                 Mark the custom attributes on the assemblies
 165                 on initialize.
 166
 167         * Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromXmlStep.cs
 168           Descriptors/corlib.xml:
 169                 Preserve the whole S.S.Crypto namespace.
 170
 171         * rename back from mink to monolinker.
 172
 173 2007-06-01  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 174
 175         * configure, config.make, mink.in: added
 176
 177         * AUTHORS, MIT.X11, man/mink.1: added
 178
 179 2007-05-31  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 180
 181         * README: added
 182           monolinker.exe.sources: moved to mink.exe.sources
 183           Makefile, Mono.Linker.csproj: emit a mink.exe
 184
 185         * Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs:
 186                 A resolved assembly is not always the one requested,
 187                 cache the good name.
 188
 189         * Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/AbstractLinkingTestFixture.cs
 190           Mono.Linker.Steps/OutputStep.cs
 191           Mono.Linker.Steps/LoadReferencesStep.cs
 192           Mono.Linker.Steps/CleanStep.cs
 193           Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromAssemblyStep.cs
 194           Mono.Linker.Steps/SweepStep.cs
 195           Mono.Linker.Steps/BlacklistStep.cs
 196           Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
 197           Mono.Linker.Steps/BaseStep.cs
 198           Mono.Linker.csproj
 199           Mono.Linker/Driver.cs:
 200                 Add a new abstract BaseStep to be extends by most
 201                 of the steps.
 202                 Add a new LoadReferences step to force all referenced
 203                 assemblies to be resolved before the mark step.
 204
 205         * Mono.Linker/CustomResolver.cs
 206           Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs:
 207                 Register entry assembly.
 208
 209 2007-05-30  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 210
 211         * Mono.Linker/MarkStep.cs:
 212                 Fix regression: do not mark GenericParameters that are
 213                 part of a typespec, like T[] or T*.
 214
 215 2007-05-28  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 216
 217         * Big refactoring. Get rid of the markers, use the annotations
 218                 of Cecil instead.
 219
 220         * Mono.Linker/Marker.cs
 221           Mono.Linker/MarkStep.cs
 222           Mono.Linker/SweepStep.cs:
 223                 Use annotations to mark wether or not we should
 224                 sweep an item.
 225
 226 2007-05-23  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 227
 228         * Mono.Limker/CleanStep.cs:
 229                 Stop doing hackish stupid things because
 230                 Cecil suddenly handles MemberRef much better.
 231
 232 2007-05-19  Jb Evain  <jb@nurv.fr>
 233
 234         * Mono.Linker/ResolveFromXmlStep.cs
 235           Mono.Linker/AssemblyMarker.cs
 236           Mono.Linker/MarkStep.cs
 237           Mono.Linker/ResolveFromAssemblyStep.cs:
 238                 Process correctly the marker selected in the resolve phases.
 239
 240 2007-05-17  Jb Evain  <jb@nurv.fr>
 241
 242         * Mono.Linker/CleanStep.cs
 243           Mono.Linker/SweepStep.cs
 244           Mono.Linker/MarkStep.cs:
 245                 Link only when necessary.
 246
 247         * Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/AbstractLinkingTestFixture.cs
 248           Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/AbstractTestFixture.cs
 249           Mono.Linker.csproj
 250           Mono.Linker/ResolveFromXmlStep.cs
 251           Mono.Linker/AssemblyMarker.cs
 252           Mono.Linker/Marker.cs
 253           Mono.Linker/MarkStep.cs
 254           Mono.Linker/TypePreserve.cs
 255           Mono.Linker/Pipeline.cs:
 256                 Deal with preserve and required infos, make last test pass.
 257
 258         * Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/XmlLinkingTestFixture.cs
 259           Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/AbstractLinkingTestFixture.cs
 260           Tests/TestCases/Linker/PreserveFieldsRequired
 261           Tests/TestCases/Linker/PreserveFieldsRequired/Library.cs
 262           Tests/TestCases/Linker/PreserveFieldsRequired/desc.xml
 263           Tests/TestCases/Linker/PreserveFieldsRequired/Makefile
 264           Tests/TestCases/Linker/PreserveFieldsRequired/Library.dll:
 265                 Add a new (failing for now) test case for preserve and required.
 266
 267 2007-05-16  Jb Evain  <jb@nurv.fr>
 268
 269         * Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/AbstractTestFixture.cs
 270           Mono.Linker.csproj
 271           Mono.Linker/CoreAction.cs
 272           Mono.Linker/Driver.cs
 273           Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs:
 274                 Simplify the command line options.
 275
 276         * Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/AbstractTestFixture.cs
 277           Mono.Linker.csproj
 278           Mono.Linker/CleanStep.cs
 279           Mono.Linker/ResolveFromXmlStep.cs
 280           Mono.Linker/Driver.cs
 281           Mono.Linker/OutputStep.cs
 282           Mono.Linker/ResolveFromAssemblyStep.cs
 283           Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs
 284           Mono.Linker/BlacklistStep.cs
 285           Mono.Linker/Pipeline.cs:
 286                 Working on black list support.
 287
 288         * Descriptors/corlib.xml
 289           Descriptors/system.xml
 290           Descriptors/system.web.xml:
 291                 First audit of the core.
 292
 293 2007-04-23  Jb Evain  <jb@nurv.fr>
 294
 295         * Mono.Linker/CleanStep.cs:
 296                 Clean some special cases of MemberRef.
 297
 298 2007-03-19  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 299
 300         * Fix a bug when an assembly references two
 301         versions of an assembly with the same name.
 302         * do some refactorings
 303
 304 2007-03-16  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 305
 306         * rename linker.exe to monolinker.exe
 307
 308 2006-11-08  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 309
 310         * Mono.Linker/AssemblyMarker.cs:
 311                 Fix a bug in method resolution.
 312         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs:
 313                 Fix a bug in assembly action processing.
 314
 315 2006-11-02  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 316
 317         * check-in patches adapted from contributions by:
 318                 Alex Prudkiy <prudkiy@mail.ru>
 319
 320 2006-08-21  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 321
 322         * mark types used within the runtime
 323
 324 2006-08-20  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 325
 326         * mark the custom attributes from the assemblies, modules and
 327                 generic parameters
 328
 329         * mark the methods used by an event
 330
 331         * mark the custom attributes on the properties and the events
 332                 which are used.
 333
 334         * preserve the fields of the value types
 335
 336         * clean also nested types in a proper way.
 337
 338         * clean events as well
 339
 340 2006-08-17  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 341
 342         * provide a Makefile
 343
 344 2006-08-16  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 345
 346         * work on generics assemblies linking
 347
 348         * use the resolver from Cecil.
 349
 350         * when marking a type, also mark its virtual methods
 351
 352 2006-08-15  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 353
 354         * clean properties
 355
 356         * mark interfaces as well
 357
 358         * work in progress + unit tests.
 359
 360 2006-07-27  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 361
 362         * begin work on the sweep step.
 363
 364 2006-07-20  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 365
 366         * very first commit.
 367           draft implementation of the mark phase of the linker.