NAME/assembly_name to the assembly on the GAC. This is used so
developers can reference a set of libraries at once.
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-The -root option is used by developers integrating this with automake
-tools or packaging tools that require a prefix directory to be
-specified. The root represents the "libdir" component of a prefix
-(typically prefix/lib).
+The -root option is used to specify the "libdir" value of an installation
+prefix which differs from the prefix of the system GAC.
+Typical automake usage is "-root $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)".
+To access assemblies installed to a prefix other than the mono prefix,
+it is necessary to set the MONO_GAC_PREFIX environment variable.
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-The -gacdir option is used to specify the GACs base directory. Once an
-assembly has been installed to a non standard gacdir the MONO_GAC_PREFIX
-environment variable must be used to access the assembly.
+The -gacdir option is included for backward compatibility but is not
+recommended for new code. Use the -root option instead.
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The -check_refs option is used to ensure that the assembly being
installed into the GAC does not reference any non strong named