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commit: 5847a181a3323ae70f9360e0e2e801cf1bf3d615
parent 72ba0b3ddec40572e98861e05e54e7fc09507258
Author: Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact@hacktivis.me>
Date:   Sat,  1 Oct 2022 01:16:34 +0200

notes/bootstrapping: Mono doesn't bootstraps at all

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notes/bootstrapping.shtml
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diff --git a/notes/bootstrapping.shtml b/notes/bootstrapping.shtml
@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@
 			<h3>app-emulation/wine-mono</h3>
 			<p>This is a collection of binaries</p>
 
-			<h3>mono</h3>
-			<p>Contains PE binaries, fails to build when removed and network isolated / offline.</p>
+			<h3>mono / .NET</h3>
+			<p>Source-only building is unsupported and nearly impossible currently (massive chain + intermediary unstable versions).</p>
+			<ul>
+				<li><a href="https://issues.guix.gnu.org/55026">potential prebuilt binaries in the Mono package</a></li>
+				<li><a href="https://github.com/dotnet/source-build/issues/1930">Full source bootstrap · Issue #1930 · dotnet/source-build</a></li>
+			</ul>
 
 			<h2>Historically problematic</h2>