System.Configuration and il-repack

[chipitsine]

for example, I have the following App.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="MyConfig" type="auth.Config,  auth" />
  </configSections>
  <MyConfig NAS_IDENTIFIER="OpenVpn">
    <servers>
      <server name="radius1.kontur" authport="1818" wait="77" sharedsecret="secret1" />
      <server name="radius2.kontur" retries="7" sharedsecret="secret2" />
    </servers>
  </MyConfig>
</configuration>

(main assembly is auth.exe),

after I merge some DLL into it like

<Target Name="AfterBuild">
  <ItemGroup>
    <MergeAssemblies Include="$(OutputPath)\$(AssemblyName).exe" />
    <MergeAssemblies Include="$(OutputPath)\Radius.dll" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputAssembly>$(OutputPath)\$(AssemblyName).standalone.exe</OutputAssembly>
    <Merger Condition="('$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT')">&quot;$(SolutionDir)\packages\ILRepack.1.26.0\tools\ILRepack.exe&quot;</Merger>
    <Merger Condition="('$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT')">mono --runtime=v4.0.30319 &quot;$(SolutionDir)\packages\ILRepack.1.26.0\tools\ILRepack.exe&quot;</Merger>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Message Text="MERGING: @(MergeAssemblies->'%(Filename)') into $(OutputAssembly)" Importance="High" />
  <Exec Command="$(Merger) /out:&quot;$(OutputAssembly)&quot; @(MergeAssemblies->'&quot;%(FullPath)&quot;', ' ')" />
</Target>

I'm getting the following error when I start auth.standalone.exe:

Unhandled Exception:
System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for auth.Config ---> System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: Type 'auth.Config, auth' not found.
at System.Configuration.InternalConfigurationHost.GetConfigType (System.String typeName, Boolean throwOnError) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.ConfigInfo.CreateInstance () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.SectionInfo.CreateInstance () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.Configuration.GetSectionInstance (System.Configuration.SectionInfo config, Boolean createDefaultInstance) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationSectionCollection.get_Item (System.String name) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.Configuration.GetSection (System.String path) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigSystem.GetSection (System.String configKey) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection (System.String sectionName) [0x00000] in :0
at auth.Config..cctor () [0x00000] in :0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at auth.Program.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in :0
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for auth.Config ---> System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: Type 'auth.Config, auth' not found.
at System.Configuration.InternalConfigurationHost.GetConfigType (System.String typeName, Boolean throwOnError) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.ConfigInfo.CreateInstance () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.SectionInfo.CreateInstance () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.Configuration.GetSectionInstance (System.Configuration.SectionInfo config, Boolean createDefaultInstance) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationSectionCollection.get_Item (System.String name) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.Configuration.GetSection (System.String path) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigSystem.GetSection (System.String configKey) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection (System.String sectionName) [0x00000] in :0
at auth.Config..cctor () [0x00000] in :0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at auth.Program.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in :0

the fix is obvious, I have to rename

<section name="MyConfig" type="auth.Config,  auth" />

to

<section name="MyConfig" type="auth.Config,  auth.standalone" />

can il-repack do such magic ?

[gluck]

ILRepack can do magic, definitely 🔮
ConfigMerger already takes care of those config files (simply concat'ing their content).

If serialized type names can be easily identified in those configs, it should remap them.

Open for a contribution there if you feel like doing it.