[release/8.0-rc1] [mono] Add a --path command line argument as an alternative to MONO_P…

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Description

Backport of #90544 to release/8.0-rc1

This PR adds an additional command line argument --path as an alternative to MONO_PATH env variable. The MONO_PATH is used to point to the directory where all the assemblies are for the AOT compiler. If there are multiple directories, they are split by colon. When building an apple mobile app remotely from Windows, the intermediate and output path is set to a full Windows path which contains colon. The expected behavior was to locate all assemblies required for AOT compilation, but instead, the AOT compiler exited with an error code.

The fix for this issue includes adding the new command line argument --path which can be specified multiple times.

Customer Impact

The issue was discovered by a team member. The fix should help resolving #90422, which should allow customers building apple mobile apps on a remote Mac using Windows.

Testing

Manual testing was performed, ensuring that the AOT compiler can resolve assemblies from paths passed using the --path command line argument, which may contain colon symbols. The issue has been reproduced locally, and has been fixed.

Risk

Low risk. This change involves adding a new command line argument to the AOT compiler.

• If the change touches code that ships in a NuGet package, you have added the necessary package authoring and gotten it explicitly reviewed.

The change doesn't affect code that ships in a NuGet package.

[carlossanlop]

Approved by Tactics via email.

[carlossanlop]

CI failure is an execution timeout:

[EXECUTION TIMED OUT]
Exit Code:-3Executor timed out after 2700 seconds and was killed
['System.Runtime.Tests' END OF WORK ITEM LOG: Command timed out, and was killed]