Document --assembly-loader, change default to 'legacy' and fix comment

Also set testing_gac tests to use --assembly-loader=strict, since it is no longer the default

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/man/mono.1 b/man/mono.1
index dcde246d472..b23581535c5 100644
--- a/man/mono.1
+++ b/man/mono.1
@@ -311,6 +311,9 @@ Instructs the AOT compiler to emit (or not emit) debug symbol information.
 For more information about AOT, see: http://www.mono-project.com/docs/advanced/aot/
 .RE
 .TP
+\fB--aot-path=PATH\fR
+List of additional directories to search for AOT images.
+.TP
 \fB--apply-bindings=FILE\fR
 Apply the assembly bindings from the specified configuration file when running
 the AOT compiler.  This is useful when compiling an auxiliary assembly that is
@@ -321,6 +324,13 @@ app.exe.config available when compiling lib.dll ahead of time, use:
 	mono --apply-bindings=app.exe.config --aot lib.dll
 .fi
 .TP
+\fB--assembly-loader=MODE\fR
+If mode is \fBstrict\fR, Mono will check that the public key token, culture and version
+of a candidate assembly matches the requested strong name.  If mode is \fBlegacy\fR, as
+long as the name matches, the candidate will be allowed. \fBstrict\fR is the behavior
+consistent with .NET Framework but may break some existing mono-based applications.
+The default is \fBlegacy\fR.
+.TP
 \fB--attach=[options]\fR
 Currently the only option supported by this command line argument is
 \fBdisable\fR which disables the attach functionality.
@@ -331,9 +341,6 @@ The default files are /etc/mono/config and ~/.mono/config or the file
 specified in the MONO_CONFIG environment variable, if set.  See the
 mono-config(5) man page for details on the format of this file.
 .TP
-\fB--aot-path=PATH\fR
-List of additional directories to search for AOT images.
-.TP
 \fB--debugger-agent=[options]\fR 
 This instructs the Mono runtime to
 start a debugging agent inside the Mono runtime and connect it to a