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[mono.git] / msvc / README

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 This directory (msvc) serves as a central location for 
 all things needed to build the mono runtime using 
-Microsoft Visual Studio.
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+Microsoft Visual Studio.
+
+When new exported API calls are added to the runtime, issue the
+command:
+       make update-def
+in this directory and commit the resulting mono.def file.
+This must happen on a Linux system, because we get the list
+of the exported symbols from the generated shared library.
+