[mono] Add a --path command line argument as an alternative to MONO_PATH. (#90678)

Can be specified multiple times.

Co-authored-by: Zoltan Varga <vargaz@gmail.com>

diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/driver.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/driver.c
index c5f04a8..a498201 100644 (file)
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/driver.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/driver.c
@@ -1617,6 +1617,7 @@ mini_usage (void)
 #endif
                "    --handlers             Install custom handlers, use --help-handlers for details.\n"
                "    --aot-path=PATH        List of additional directories to search for AOT images.\n"
+               "    --path=DIR             Add DIR to the list of directories to search for assemblies.\n"
          );
 
        g_print ("\nOptions:\n");
@@ -2069,6 +2070,7 @@ mono_main (int argc, char* argv[])
        char *aot_options = NULL;
        GPtrArray *agents = NULL;
        char *extra_bindings_config_file = NULL;
+       GList *paths = NULL;
 #ifdef MONO_JIT_INFO_TABLE_TEST
        int test_jit_info_table = FALSE;
 #endif
@@ -2294,6 +2296,8 @@ mono_main (int argc, char* argv[])
                                g_free (tmp);
                                split++;
                        }
+               } else if (strncmp (argv [i], "--path=", 7) == 0) {
+                       paths = g_list_append (paths, argv [i] + 7);
                } else if (strncmp (argv [i], "--compile-all=", 14) == 0) {
                        action = DO_COMPILE;
                        recompilation_times = atoi (argv [i] + 14);
@@ -2503,6 +2507,16 @@ mono_main (int argc, char* argv[])
        if (g_hasenv ("MONO_XDEBUG"))
                enable_debugging = TRUE;
 
+       if (paths) {
+               char **p = g_new0 (char *, g_list_length (paths) + 1);
+               int pindex = 0;
+               for (GList *l = paths; l; l = l->next)
+                       p [pindex ++] = (char*)l->data;
+               g_list_free (paths);
+
+               mono_set_assemblies_path_direct (p);
+       }
+
 #ifdef MONO_CROSS_COMPILE
        if (!mono_compile_aot) {
                fprintf (stderr, "This mono runtime is compiled for cross-compiling. Only the --aot option is supported.\n");