mcs/tools/linker/ChangeLog

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