tools/linker/ChangeLog

   1 2008-12-16  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
   2
   3         * Makefile: build monolinker.exe in the profile directory instead of
   4         the current one.
   5
   6 2008-12-02  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
   7
   8         * Mono.Linker/AssemblyResolver.cs (AreSame(TypeReference,TypeReference):
   9         fix the case where we compare two GenericInstanceType of the same
  10         element type with different generic arguments.
  11
  12 2008-11-24  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  13
  14         * Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromAssemblyStep.cs
  15         * Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromXmlStep.cs
  16         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
  17                 generalize the use of the new Has* pattern in Cecil
  18                 to avoid unecessary allocations. Also cache delegates.
  19
  20 2008-09-12  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  21
  22         * Mono.Linker/Pipeline.cs: add a RemoveStep method.
  23         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs: make the linker generate new
  24         module guids by default.
  25
  26 2008-09-12  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  27
  28         * Mono.Linker.Steps/RegenerateGuidStep.cs: new step that is used
  29         to regenerate the Mvid identifier of each linked module.
  30
  31         * monolinker.exe.sources:
  32         * Mono.Linker.csproj: add RegeneratedGuidStep to the build.
  33
  34         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs: add a -g option to control whether to
  35         regenerate the modules identifier or not.
  36
  37 2008-09-01  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  38
  39         * Mono.Linker/AssemblyResolver.cs: properly cache .exes.
  40
  41 2008-08-26  Zoltan Varga  <vargaz@gmail.com>
  42
  43         * Descriptors/mscorlib.xml: Add EntryPointNotFoundException.
  44
  45 2008-03-28  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  46
  47         * Mono.Linker/XApiReader.cs: deal better with complex names.
  48
  49 2008-03-28  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  50
  51         * Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs: do not force the loading of
  52         debug symbols if not asked.
  53
  54 2007-12-28  Gert Driesen  <drieseng@users.sourceforge.net>
  55
  56         * Descriptors/mscorlib.xml: Preserve all for CultureInfo to prevent
  57         linker from removing CreateCulture method that is only used by the
  58         runtime.
  59
  60 2007-11-21  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  61
  62         * Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromXmlStep.cs:
  63                 Implement resolving from xml patterns.
  64
  65 2007-10-25  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  66
  67         * monolinker.exe.sources
  68         * Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromApiInfoStep.cs
  69         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs
  70         * Mono.Linker/XApiReader.cs
  71         * Mono.Linker/ApiInfoService.cs
  72         * Mono.Linker/IXApiVisitor.cs:
  73
  74                 Big refactoring. Move logic to read Xml Api Info files
  75                 to XApiReader, so we can use that in the tuner to deal
  76                 with xapi files to inject attributes.
  77
  78 2007-08-27  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  79
  80         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs
  81           Mono.Linker/Annotations.cs
  82           Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs
  83           Mono.Linker.Steps/OutputStep.cs:
  84                 Implement symbols loading/saving.
  85
  86 2007-08-16  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  87
  88         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs
  89           Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs:
  90                 Add a way to specify parameters to the context.
  91
  92 2007-08-05  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  93
  94         * Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromXmlStep.cs:
  95                 Now the resolver deals only with assembly names
  96                 instead of fullnames.
  97
  98 2007-07-25  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
  99
 100         * Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromAssemblyStep.cs:
 101                 When linking from an executable, it's possible
 102                 to reduce the executable as well.
 103
 104 2007-07-23  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 105
 106         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs
 107           Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs:
 108                 Allow one to specify the action to apply to an assembly
 109                 from the command line.
 110
 111 2007-07-22  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 112
 113         * Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs:
 114                 If no file found with -a, try to resolve it.
 115
 116         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs
 117           Mono.Linker/Pipeline.cs:
 118                 Adjust the visibility only once, even with multiple -i.
 119
 120 2007-07-21  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 121
 122         * Mono.Linker.Steps/SweepStep.cs:
 123                 Sweep memberrefs along with the typerefs.
 124
 125 2007-07-20  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 126
 127         * Mono.Linker.Steps/AdjustVisibilityStep.cs:
 128                 Don't change the visibility of the members if the type
 129                 is marked internal.
 130
 131 2007-07-18  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 132
 133         * Mono.Linker/ResolutionException.cs:
 134           Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
 135                 Throw a resolution exception when a metadata item
 136                 can not be resolved in external assemblies.
 137
 138         * Mono.Linker/AssemblyResolver.cs:
 139                 Use the assembly name only as a key for the
 140                 assembly cache.
 141
 142 2007-07-05  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 143
 144         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs
 145           Mono.Linker/Pipeline.cs:
 146                 Add a way to install steps in the pipeline
 147                 from the outside.
 148
 149 2007-07-03  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 150
 151         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs:
 152                 Add support for @files
 153
 154         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs:
 155                 Add a way to add search directories to the resolver.
 156
 157 2007-06-18  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 158
 159         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
 160                 Mark generic parameter constraints.
 161
 162         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
 163                 Mark modifiers of modtype.
 164
 165 2007-06-15  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 166
 167         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs,
 168           Mono.Linker/I18nAssemblies.cs,
 169           Mono.Linker.Steps/LoadI18nAssemblies.cs:
 170                 Copy the i18n assemblies when running Mono.
 171
 172         * Mono.Linker/CustomResolver.cs => AssemblyResolver.cs,
 173           Mono.Linker/Annotations.cs,
 174           Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs,
 175           Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromXmlStep.cs:
 176                 Clean up the assembly reference system.
 177                 Fixes bug where the linker have multiple
 178                 time the same assembly in its cache.
 179
 180 2007-06-13  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 181
 182         * Mono.Linker.Steps/OutputStep.cs:
 183                 Copy .config files alongs with assemblies.
 184
 185         * Mono.Linker.Steps/CleanStep.cs:
 186                 Clean memberref that are not used anymore.
 187
 188 2007-06-12  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 189
 190         * Mono.Linker.Steps/AdjustVisibilityStep.cs,
 191           Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromApiInfoStep.cs,
 192           Mono.Linker/Drivers.cs:
 193                 Adjust the visibility depending on the data
 194                 gathered in the api-info.
 195
 196         * Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromApiInfoStep.cs:
 197           Mono.Linker/Driver.cs:
 198                 Started working on linking from api-info.
 199
 200 2007-06-08  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 201
 202         * Descriptors/System.Drawing.xml,
 203           Mono.Linker.Steps/BlackListStep.cs:
 204                 Add preserve infos for System.Drawing.
 205
 206         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
 207           Tests/TestsCases/Linker/Generics/*:
 208                 Also walk through generic instances to
 209                 mark arguments.
 210
 211 2007-06-07  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 212
 213         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
 214                 Mark types used in some marshal specs.
 215
 216         * Mono.Linker.Tests/MarkStep.cs
 217           Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/XmlLinkingTestFixture.cs
 218           Tests/TestCases/Linker/ReferenceInAttributes/*:
 219                 Mark fields and setters used in custom attribute
 220                 instantiation. Mark also types used in custom attribute
 221                 instantiation.
 222
 223         * profiler/Makefile,
 224           profiler/link.c:
 225                 Add a small profiler that outputs the xml format
 226                 that the linker can resolve.
 227
 228                 By running an application with the profiler, one
 229                 can help the linker gather data. Especially for dynamic
 230                 cases like assembly loading an dynamic type resolving.
 231
 232 2007-06-06  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 233
 234         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
 235           Mono.Linker/CustomResolvercs:
 236                 Try to find types in custom attributes to mark them.
 237
 238         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs:
 239                 Mark default constructor for serializable types.
 240                 Mark the special serialization constructor as well.
 241
 242         * Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs:
 243           Mono.Linker.Steps/LoadReferences.cs:
 244                 Use the name of the assembly as a key
 245                 instead of the fullname.
 246
 247         * Mono.Linker/CustomResolver.cs:
 248                 When a method is not found, go down
 249                 the class hierarchy to find it.
 250
 251 2007-06-05  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 252
 253         * Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/IntegrationTestFixture.cs:
 254           Tests/TestCases/Integration/*
 255           Tests/Makefile:
 256                 Start the integration tests.
 257
 258 2007-06-04  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 259
 260         * Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
 261                 Mark the custom attributes on the assemblies
 262                 on initialize.
 263
 264         * Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromXmlStep.cs
 265           Descriptors/corlib.xml:
 266                 Preserve the whole S.S.Crypto namespace.
 267
 268         * rename back from mink to monolinker.
 269
 270 2007-06-01  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 271
 272         * configure, config.make, mink.in: added
 273
 274         * AUTHORS, MIT.X11, man/mink.1: added
 275
 276 2007-05-31  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 277
 278         * README: added
 279           monolinker.exe.sources: moved to mink.exe.sources
 280           Makefile, Mono.Linker.csproj: emit a mink.exe
 281
 282         * Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs:
 283                 A resolved assembly is not always the one requested,
 284                 cache the good name.
 285
 286         * Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/AbstractLinkingTestFixture.cs
 287           Mono.Linker.Steps/OutputStep.cs
 288           Mono.Linker.Steps/LoadReferencesStep.cs
 289           Mono.Linker.Steps/CleanStep.cs
 290           Mono.Linker.Steps/ResolveFromAssemblyStep.cs
 291           Mono.Linker.Steps/SweepStep.cs
 292           Mono.Linker.Steps/BlacklistStep.cs
 293           Mono.Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
 294           Mono.Linker.Steps/BaseStep.cs
 295           Mono.Linker.csproj
 296           Mono.Linker/Driver.cs:
 297                 Add a new abstract BaseStep to be extends by most
 298                 of the steps.
 299                 Add a new LoadReferences step to force all referenced
 300                 assemblies to be resolved before the mark step.
 301
 302         * Mono.Linker/CustomResolver.cs
 303           Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs:
 304                 Register entry assembly.
 305
 306 2007-05-30  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 307
 308         * Mono.Linker/MarkStep.cs:
 309                 Fix regression: do not mark GenericParameters that are
 310                 part of a typespec, like T[] or T*.
 311
 312 2007-05-28  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 313
 314         * Big refactoring. Get rid of the markers, use the annotations
 315                 of Cecil instead.
 316
 317         * Mono.Linker/Marker.cs
 318           Mono.Linker/MarkStep.cs
 319           Mono.Linker/SweepStep.cs:
 320                 Use annotations to mark wether or not we should
 321                 sweep an item.
 322
 323 2007-05-23  Jb Evain  <jbevain@novell.com>
 324
 325         * Mono.Limker/CleanStep.cs:
 326                 Stop doing hackish stupid things because
 327                 Cecil suddenly handles MemberRef much better.
 328
 329 2007-05-19  Jb Evain  <jb@nurv.fr>
 330
 331         * Mono.Linker/ResolveFromXmlStep.cs
 332           Mono.Linker/AssemblyMarker.cs
 333           Mono.Linker/MarkStep.cs
 334           Mono.Linker/ResolveFromAssemblyStep.cs:
 335                 Process correctly the marker selected in the resolve phases.
 336
 337 2007-05-17  Jb Evain  <jb@nurv.fr>
 338
 339         * Mono.Linker/CleanStep.cs
 340           Mono.Linker/SweepStep.cs
 341           Mono.Linker/MarkStep.cs:
 342                 Link only when necessary.
 343
 344         * Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/AbstractLinkingTestFixture.cs
 345           Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/AbstractTestFixture.cs
 346           Mono.Linker.csproj
 347           Mono.Linker/ResolveFromXmlStep.cs
 348           Mono.Linker/AssemblyMarker.cs
 349           Mono.Linker/Marker.cs
 350           Mono.Linker/MarkStep.cs
 351           Mono.Linker/TypePreserve.cs
 352           Mono.Linker/Pipeline.cs:
 353                 Deal with preserve and required infos, make last test pass.
 354
 355         * Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/XmlLinkingTestFixture.cs
 356           Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/AbstractLinkingTestFixture.cs
 357           Tests/TestCases/Linker/PreserveFieldsRequired
 358           Tests/TestCases/Linker/PreserveFieldsRequired/Library.cs
 359           Tests/TestCases/Linker/PreserveFieldsRequired/desc.xml
 360           Tests/TestCases/Linker/PreserveFieldsRequired/Makefile
 361           Tests/TestCases/Linker/PreserveFieldsRequired/Library.dll:
 362                 Add a new (failing for now) test case for preserve and required.
 363
 364 2007-05-16  Jb Evain  <jb@nurv.fr>
 365
 366         * Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/AbstractTestFixture.cs
 367           Mono.Linker.csproj
 368           Mono.Linker/CoreAction.cs
 369           Mono.Linker/Driver.cs
 370           Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs:
 371                 Simplify the command line options.
 372
 373         * Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests/AbstractTestFixture.cs
 374           Mono.Linker.csproj
 375           Mono.Linker/CleanStep.cs
 376           Mono.Linker/ResolveFromXmlStep.cs
 377           Mono.Linker/Driver.cs
 378           Mono.Linker/OutputStep.cs
 379           Mono.Linker/ResolveFromAssemblyStep.cs
 380           Mono.Linker/LinkContext.cs
 381           Mono.Linker/BlacklistStep.cs
 382           Mono.Linker/Pipeline.cs:
 383                 Working on black list support.
 384
 385         * Descriptors/corlib.xml
 386           Descriptors/system.xml
 387           Descriptors/system.web.xml:
 388                 First audit of the core.
 389
 390 2007-04-23  Jb Evain  <jb@nurv.fr>
 391
 392         * Mono.Linker/CleanStep.cs:
 393                 Clean some special cases of MemberRef.
 394
 395 2007-03-19  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 396
 397         * Fix a bug when an assembly references two
 398         versions of an assembly with the same name.
 399         * do some refactorings
 400
 401 2007-03-16  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 402
 403         * rename linker.exe to monolinker.exe
 404
 405 2006-11-08  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 406
 407         * Mono.Linker/AssemblyMarker.cs:
 408                 Fix a bug in method resolution.
 409         * Mono.Linker/Driver.cs:
 410                 Fix a bug in assembly action processing.
 411
 412 2006-11-02  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 413
 414         * check-in patches adapted from contributions by:
 415                 Alex Prudkiy <prudkiy@mail.ru>
 416
 417 2006-08-21  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 418
 419         * mark types used within the runtime
 420
 421 2006-08-20  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 422
 423         * mark the custom attributes from the assemblies, modules and
 424                 generic parameters
 425
 426         * mark the methods used by an event
 427
 428         * mark the custom attributes on the properties and the events
 429                 which are used.
 430
 431         * preserve the fields of the value types
 432
 433         * clean also nested types in a proper way.
 434
 435         * clean events as well
 436
 437 2006-08-17  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 438
 439         * provide a Makefile
 440
 441 2006-08-16  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 442
 443         * work on generics assemblies linking
 444
 445         * use the resolver from Cecil.
 446
 447         * when marking a type, also mark its virtual methods
 448
 449 2006-08-15  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 450
 451         * clean properties
 452
 453         * mark interfaces as well
 454
 455         * work in progress + unit tests.
 456
 457 2006-07-27  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 458
 459         * begin work on the sweep step.
 460
 461 2006-07-20  Jb Evain  <jbevain@gmail.com>
 462
 463         * very first commit.
 464           draft implementation of the mark phase of the linker.