[Bug 43879] Chummer5 (.NET 4.x app) fails to load, complains about missing 'mscoree.dll'

[wine-bugs at winehq.org]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43879

Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Keywords|                            |download
            Summary|missing file for program -  |Chummer5 (.NET 4.x app)
                   |mscoree.dll                 |fails to load, complains
                   |                            |about missing 'mscoree.dll'
                 CC|                            |focht at gmx.net
                URL|                            |https://github.com/chummer5
                   |                            |a/chummer5a/releases/

--- Comment #7 from Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net> ---
Hello folks,

possible reasons:

* recycled/broken WINEPREFIX
* outdated 'winetricks'
* broken Wine version
* broken host dependencies
* didn't tell the whole story

You likely operate on a broken WINEPREFIX.

Also you didn't tell the exact version of this 'chummer5' app.
Always provide the app version and download when reporting bugs otherwise you
won't get proper help.

https://wiki.winehq.org/Bugs#How_to_report

https://www.reddit.com/r/Shadowrun/wiki/index#wiki_shadow_resources

Old .NET 4.0 based project: https://github.com/chummer5a/chummer5
Recent one (successor), .NET 4.x based:
https://github.com/chummer5a/chummer5a/releases

Depending on the app version downloaded one might encounter surprise issues...

https://github.com/chummer5a/chummer5a/releases/download/5.178.0/Chummer.5.178.zip

Using 'winetricks -q dotnet40' and running the app yields:

--- snip ---
$ wine ./Chummer5.exe
...
Unhandled Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type
'System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ExtensionAttribute' from assembly 'mscorlib,
Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'.
   at System.ModuleHandle.ResolveMethod(RuntimeModule module, Int32
methodToken, IntPtr* typeInstArgs, Int32 typeInstCount, IntPtr* methodInstArgs,
Int32 methodInstCount)
   at System.ModuleHandle.ResolveMethodHandleInternalCore(RuntimeModule module,
Int32 methodToken, IntPtr[] typeInstantiationContext, Int32 typeInstCount,
IntPtr[] methodInstantiationContext, Int32 methodInstCount)
   at System.ModuleHandle.ResolveMethodHandleInternal(RuntimeModule module,
Int32 methodToken, RuntimeTypeHandle[] typeInstantiationContext,
RuntimeTypeHandle[] methodInstantiationContext)
   at System.Reflection.CustomAttributeData..ctor(RuntimeModule scope,
CustomAttributeRecord caRecord)
   at System.Reflection.CustomAttributeData.GetCustomAttributes(RuntimeModule
module, Int32 tkTarget)
   at
System.Reflection.CustomAttributeData.GetCustomAttributesInternal(RuntimeAssembly
target)
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.GetCustomAttributesData()
   at System.Reflection.CustomAttributeData.GetCustomAttributes(Assembly
target)
   at
System.Resources.ManifestBasedResourceGroveler.GetNeutralResourcesLanguage(Assembly
a, UltimateResourceFallbackLocation& fallbackLocation)
   at System.Resources.ResourceManager.CommonSatelliteAssemblyInit()
   at System.Resources.ResourceManager..ctor(Type resourceSource)
   at System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager..ctor(Type t)
   at Chummer.frmMain.InitializeComponent() in
C:\projects\chummer5a\Chummer\frmMain.Designer.cs:line 31
   at Chummer.frmMain..ctor() in C:\projects\chummer5a\Chummer\frmMain.cs:line
18
   at Chummer.Program.Main() in C:\projects\chummer5a\Chummer\Program.cs:line
61
--- snip ---

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13748055/could-not-load-type-system-runtime-compilerservices-extensionattribute-from-as

Lengthy in-detail article:

http://www.hurryupandwait.io/blog/what-you-should-know-about-running-ilmerge-on-net-4-5-assemblies-targeting-net-4-0

--- quote ---
So possible workarounds are to fall back to 4.0 on the build machine, install
.NET 4.5 on the target machine and the real fix, to rebuild the project from
the provided source code, fixing the ILMerge command.
--- quote ---

Fortunately the devs fixed their build settings and/or machine with later
versions, the app now explicitly requests .NET Framework 4.5.x

https://github.com/chummer5a/chummer5a/releases/tag/5.195.0

Installing .NET 4.5 using 'winetricks -q dotnet452' lets the app run.

Alternatively use much older versions of the app which run with .NET 4.0

$ sha1sum Chummer5.195.0.zip 
77caaff38f5159eecb6902586759bf2e75a38dc1  Chummer5.195.0.zip

$ du -sh Chummer5.195.0.zip 
5.3M    Chummer5.195.0.zip

$ wine --version
wine-2.18-97-gfb8226f639

Regards

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