[Bug 25192] New: 'fatal error in gc: collecting from unknown thread' with Mono

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25192

           Summary: 'fatal error in gc: collecting from unknown thread'
                    with Mono
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.3.7
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: sam at robots.org.uk


Created an attachment (id=31979)
 --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=31979)
test case script

I'm trying to run Wix, a .NET application, on Wine. In order to do this I am
using the mono-gtksharp installer from
<http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/archive/2.8/windows-installer/9/mono-2.8-gtksharp-2.12.10-win32-9.exe>.

When building an installer, I get the following error:

  fatal error in gc
  Collecting from unknown thread

Some digging around reveals that this message comes from Mono's use of the
Boehm garbage collector. There is a bug open in their tracker that talks about
the error <https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=323578>; they seem to
consider it a bug in Wine.

I'll attach a shell script that reproduces this from scratch, almost
automatically. You just have to download Wix3.msi and drop it in the same
directory as test.sh.

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