X-Git-Url: http://wien.tomnetworks.com/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmkbundle.1;h=82bfe1326290d136dd77b2fa6910b9d7f93bfdfa;hb=455905c41b6f3ad0a9b88c31ec06c9ea8a4d6a75;hp=465854fad8b11aadc0e86c2d0e283a794c0728f8;hpb=096265478e6e4145c90250a5bf78c0c179ee50af;p=mono.git diff --git a/man/mkbundle.1 b/man/mkbundle.1 index 465854fad8b..82bfe132629 100644 --- a/man/mkbundle.1 +++ b/man/mkbundle.1 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ .. .TH mkbundle "mkbundle 1.0" .SH NAME -mkbundle \- Creates a bundled executable. +mkbundle, mkbundle2 \- Creates a bundled executable. .SH SYNOPSIS .PP .B mkbundle [options] assembly1 [assembly2 ...] @@ -21,25 +21,37 @@ default only the assemblies specified in the command line will be included in the bundle. To automatically include all of the dependencies referenced, use the "--deps" command line option. .PP +Use \fImkbundle\FP when you want the startup runtime to load the 1.0 +profile, and use \fImkbundle2\fP when you want the startup runtime to load +the 2.0 profile. +.PP For example, to create a bundle for hello world, use the following command: .nf $ mkbundle -o hello hello.exe .fi .PP -The above will pull hello.exe native program called "hello". Notice +The above will pull hello.exe into a 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: +In addition, it is possible to control whether \fImkbundle\fP should compile +the resulting executable or not with the -c option. 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 + $ mkbundle -c -o host.c -oo bundles.o --deps hello.exe $ cc host.c bundles.o /usr/lib/libmono.a -lc -lrt .fi +.PP +You may also use \fImkbundle\fP to generate a bundle you can use when +embedding the Mono runtime in a native application. In that case, use +both the -c and --nomain options. The resulting host.c file will +not have a main() function. Call mono_mkbundle_init() before +initializing the JIT in your code so that the bundled assemblies +are available to the embedded runtime. .SH OPTIONS .TP .I "-c" @@ -63,7 +75,7 @@ $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 +This is the default: \fImkbundle\fP will only include the assemblies that were specified on the command line to reduce the size of the resulting image created. .TP @@ -73,20 +85,39 @@ assemblies listed on the command line option. This is useful to distribute a self-contained image. .TP .I "--keeptemp" -By default mkbundle will delete the temporary files that it uses to +By default \fImkbundle\fP 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. +.I "--machine-config FILE" +Uses the given FILE as the machine.config file for the generated +application. +.TP +.I "--nomain" +With the -c option, generate the host stub without a main() function. .TP .I "--config-dir DIR" When passed, DIR will be set for the MONO_CFG_DIR environment variable .TP +.I "--static" +By default \fImkbundle\fP dynamically links to mono and glib. This option +causes it to statically link instead. +.TP +.B Important: +Since the Mono runtime is licensed under the LGPL, even if you use +static you should transfer the component pieces of the mkbundle to +your users so they are able to upgrade the Mono runtime on their own. +.TP +If you want to use this for commercial licenses, you must obtain a +proprietary license for Mono from mono@novell.com +.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 \fImkbundle\fP to work. You can use cygwin's and install gcc, +gcc-mingw and as packages. .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES .TP .I "AS" @@ -95,11 +126,15 @@ Assembler command. The default is "as". .I "CC" C compiler command. The default is "cc" under Linux and "gcc -mno-cygwin" under Windows. +.TP +.I "MONO_BUNDLED_OPTIONS" +Options to be passed to the bundled +Mono runtime, separated by spaces. See the mono(1) manual page or run mono --help. .SH FILES This program will load referenced assemblies from the Mono assembly cache. .SH BUGS -The options "--static" and "-z" are not supported under Windows. +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.