No, this is not the same as launching exe files directly from the OS using binfmt-misc.
If you launch an exe file *from Mono's implementation of Process.Start*, Mono will detect managed executables and run them with Mono automatically. https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/master/mono/io-layer/processes.c#L808 On 16 February 2014 09:00, Michael Franz <mvfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 7:34 AM, "Andrés G. Aragoneses" <kno...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On 16/02/14 10:15, Michael Hutchinson wrote: >> > ... which automatically executes exe >> > files using Mono. >> >> Are you sure that statement applies to all distros? I read somewhere >> some time ago that the only distro so far that implemented the ability >> to run .exe files automatically by calling mono under the hood was >> Debian (and derivatives), by installing some system hook by default when >> mono packages are installed. >> >> Maybe Michael Franz is not using Debian? Or maybe that hook doesn't work >> for him because he's using a custom mono install (instead of debian >> packages)? > > I am using CentOS 6.5 with a locally built Mono installation. > > I have read about how you can modify the kernel to understand launching Mono > applications - http://www.mono-project.com/Guide:Running_Mono_Applications - > this was probably after I ran into this problem. If this has become a > requirement to use Mono for development it should probably be documented > somewhere. > > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mono-devel-list mailing list >> Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-devel-list mailing list > Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list > -- Michael Hutchinson http://mjhutchinson.com _______________________________________________ Mono-devel-list mailing list Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list