mcs/tools/linker/ChangeLog

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