X-Git-Url: http://wien.tomnetworks.com/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmkbundle.1;h=392ab7b065899eb52f39f4afe30fc1fb2ec56076;hb=5bf79dae62dc8a9830bddc5ba242bd3a9fd6165f;hp=2d6be690c0a305175abb98a94b0e6ba1ecfabf79;hpb=120c67541fb26ec63e67c111997a7b39f93e6c10;p=mono.git diff --git a/man/mkbundle.1 b/man/mkbundle.1 index 2d6be690c0a..392ab7b0658 100644 --- a/man/mkbundle.1 +++ b/man/mkbundle.1 @@ -30,11 +30,37 @@ command: The above will pull hello.exe native program called "hello". Notice that the produced image still contains the CIL image and no precompilation is done. +.PP +In addition, it is possible to control whether mkbundle should compile +the resulting executable or not. This is useful if you want to link +additional libraries or control the generated output in more detail. +For example, this could be used to link some libraries statically: +.nf + $ mkbundle -o host.c -oo bundles.o --deps hello.exe + + $ cc host.c bundles.o /usr/lib/libmono.a -lc -lrt +.fi .SH OPTIONS .TP +.I "-c" +Produce the stub file, do not compile the resulting stub. +.TP +.I "-o filename" +Places the output on `out'. If the flag -c is specified, this is the +C host program. If not, this contains the resulting executable. +.TP +.I "-oo filename" +Specifies the name to be used for the helper object file that contains +the bundle. +.TP .I "-L path" Adds the `path' do the search list for assemblies. The rules are the same as for the compiler -lib: or -L flags. +.TP "--config FILE" +Specifies that a machine.config file must be bundled as well. +Typically this is $prefix/etc/mono/1.0/machine.config or +$prefix/etc/mono/2.0/machine.config depending on the profile that you +are using (1.0 or 2.0) .TP .I "--nodeps" This is the default: mkbundle will only include the assemblies that @@ -49,9 +75,40 @@ distribute a self-contained image. .I "--keeptemp" By default mkbundle will delete the temporary files that it uses to produce the bundle. This option keeps the file around. +.TP +.I "--static" +By default mkbundle dynamically links to mono and glib. This option +causes it to statically link instead. +.TP +.I "--config-dir DIR" +When passed, DIR will be set for the MONO_CFG_DIR environment variable +.TP +.I "-z" +Compresses the assemblies before embedding. This results in smaller +executable files, but increases startup time and requires zlib to be +installed on the target system. +.SH WINDOWS +On Windows systems, it it necessary to have Unix-like toolchain to be +installed for mkbundle to work. You can use cygwin's and install gcc, +gcc-mingw and as packages. +.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES +.TP +.I "AS" +Assembler command. The default is "as". +.TP +.I "CC" +C compiler command. The default is "cc" under Linux and "gcc -mno-cygwin" +under Windows. .SH FILES This program will load referenced assemblies from the Mono assembly cache. +.SH BUGS +The option "--static" is not supported under Windows. +Moreover, a full cygwin environment containing at least "gcc" and "as" +is required for the build process. The generated executable does not +depend on cygwin. +.SH MAILING LISTS +Visit http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list for details. .SH WEB SITE Visit: http://www.mono-project.com for details .SH SEE ALSO