Mono dll.config search path

Question

Imagine a library that requires a dll.config file for cross-platform p/invokes with Mono. Is it possible to either:

1. Embed the dll.config as a resource and somehow pass it to Mono at runtime?
2. Place this dll.config into some other, writable location on disk? (i.e. not in the same folder as the actual dll file)

Either approach would simplify deployment for my users. Any ideas?

Answer 1

As documented in the mono-config man page, the runtime will also load a config file from ~/.mono/assemblies/ASSEMBLY/ASSEMBLY.EXT.config (that is in the user's home directory).