mcs/tools/linker/ChangeLog

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