Mono 2.8

[Charles]

For those of you on Mac and Linux, Novell has released Mono 2.8. I have made fixes and improvements to Cobra so that it runs smoothly under 2.8. I also retested under 2.6 and 2.4.

To get these improvements you will have to get the latest source code.

[pchapin]

This may or may not be related to the changes supporting 2.8...

I just updated my workspace to revision 2438. I'm on Windows 7, 64-bit. When I execute "install-from-workspace" I get an exception about Cobra.Sharp.dll not being found. Specifically:

copy from: C:\Users\Peter\src\Cobra\HowTo
to: C:\Cobra\Cobra-0.8.0-post\HowTo
copy from: C:\Users\Peter\src\Cobra\Reusables
to: C:\Cobra\Cobra-0.8.0-post\Reusables
copy from: C:\Users\Peter\src\Cobra\Samples
to: C:\Cobra\Cobra-0.8.0-post\Samples
copy from: C:\Users\Peter\src\Cobra\Supplements
to: C:\Cobra\Cobra-0.8.0-post\Supplements
make dir : C:\Cobra\Cobra-0.8.0-post\bin
copy bin: C:\Cobra\Cobra-0.8.0-post\bin

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'Cobra
.Sharp.dll'.
File name: 'Cobra.Sharp.dll'
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Bo
olean overwrite)
at InstallFromWorkspace.CopyFilesToInstallDirectory() in c:\Users\Peter\src\C
obra\Source\InstallFromWorkspace.cobra:line 535
at InstallFromWorkspace.Run() in c:\Users\Peter\src\Cobra\Source\InstallFromW
orkspace.cobra:line 131
at InstallFromWorkspace.Main() in c:\Users\Peter\src\Cobra\Source\InstallFrom
Workspace.cobra:line 101

Peter

[Charles]

Sorry about that. I ran the test suite and re-compiled the compiler, but I forgot to test the installer. Now fixed.

[pchapin]

Yes, thanks. It's all better now.

BTW, what is the significance of this warning:

run: svn info
svn is not installed or it is not in the PATH. The system cannot find the file specified
** WARING: Cannot find version information, svn command line version not installed or failed.

This occurs for me during the installation from the workspace. I understand it means I don't have a command line Subversion client installed. What bad thing results from that? I guess what I'm asking is: how critical is it that I install a command line Subversion client?

Thanks.

[Charles]

It's not critical. The installer attempts to do the service of recording the output of "svn info" to the installed directory, primarily to record the svn revision number such as "2349". This is useful if you need to match the exact version of Cobra you have been using when installing it on another machine.

Perhaps I can improve the message output here to help allay unnecessary concerns.