#21031·mono

installer does not respect prefix for mono-configuration-crypto

Author: EricDeveaudCreated Apr 23, 2021Updated May 29, 2026

Steps to Reproduce

  1. configure --prefix=/tmp/mono && make & make install
  2. /tmp/mon/bin/mono-configuration-crypto --help

Current Behavior

results in

/tmp/mon/bin/mono-configuration-crypto: line 2: /usr/local/bin/mono: No such file or directory

Expected Behavior

usage//help display mesage displayed

On which platforms did you notice this

[ ] Linux

Version Used:

mono --version
Mono JIT compiler version 6.12.0.122 (tarball Fri Apr 23 11:57:08 UTC 2021)
Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Novell, Inc, Xamarin Inc and Contributors. www.mono-project.com
	TLS:           __thread
	SIGSEGV:       altstack
	Notifications: epoll
	Architecture:  amd64
	Disabled:      none
	Misc:          softdebug 
	Interpreter:   yes
	LLVM:          supported, not enabled.
	Suspend:       hybrid
	GC:            sgen (concurrent by default)

how to fix

sed 's;/usr/local;$PREFIX;g' on scripts/mono-configuration-crypto

regards

Eric