Microsoft.Build.NoTargets project expects incorrect ouput

Visual Studio Version: 16.4.4

Summary: Having a project with Microsoft.Build.NoTargets is never up-to-date because it expects an output that is never generated.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create and SDK project.

2. Update the project to be Microsoft.Build.NoTargets. See mine:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

I also had to add the following global.json:

{
  "msbuild-sdks": {
    "Microsoft.Build.NoTargets": "1.0.85"
  }
}

1. Build twice

Expected Behavior: The project should be up to date.

Actual Behavior: The project is not up to date because it expects the pdb file. Here is the log:

1>FastUpToDate: Adding UpToDateCheckBuilt outputs: (RepoNoTargetsBug)
1>FastUpToDate:     'C:\Users\edgarsil.000\source\repos\RepoNoTargetsBug\RepoNoTargetsBug\obj\Debug\net472\RepoNoTargetsBug.pdb' (RepoNoTargetsBug)
1>FastUpToDate: Output 'C:\Users\edgarsil.000\source\repos\RepoNoTargetsBug\RepoNoTargetsBug\obj\Debug\net472\RepoNoTargetsBug.pdb' does not exist, not up to date. (RepoNoTargetsBug)

User Impact: Project is never up to date.

[davkean]

@edgarrs Thanks for the bug, I’ve moved it over to https://github.com/microsoft/MSBuildSdks/issues/148 as they own this, thanks.

[NoneGiven]

@edgarrs You can enclose inline code in backticks and code blocks in triple backticks. You can even specify the language with triple backticks.

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.Build.NoTargets">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net472</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>