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classpath/java/lang/VMSystem.java

@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ final class VMSystem
 
     private static void setSystemField(String field, Object value)
     {
+        // MONOBUG due to a bug in mcs we currently prefix the backing fields with __<>
+        field = "__<>" + field;
         cli.System.Type.GetType("java.lang.System")
             .GetField(field, BindingFlags.wrap(BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static))
             .SetValue(null, value);

runtime/TypeWrapper.cs

@@ -4157,7 +4157,10 @@ namespace IKVM.Internal
 							setModifiers = true;
 						}
 					}
-					field = typeBuilder.DefineField(fieldName, type, attribs);
+					// MONOBUG the __<> prefix for wrapped final fields is to work around a bug in mcs 1.1.17
+					// it crashes when it tries to lookup the property with the same name as the privatescope field
+					// http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=79451
+					field = typeBuilder.DefineField(isWrappedFinal ? "__<>" + fieldName : fieldName, type, attribs);
 					if(fld.IsTransient)
 					{
 						CustomAttributeBuilder transientAttrib = new CustomAttributeBuilder(typeof(NonSerializedAttribute).GetConstructor(Type.EmptyTypes), new object[0]);