[Arch Linux] MSBUILD : error MSB1025

.NET Command Line Tools (2.1.4)

Product Information: Version: 2.1.4 Commit SHA-1 hash: 5e8add2190

Runtime Environment: OS Name: arch OS Version:
OS Platform: Linux RID: linux-x64 Base Path: /opt/dotnet/sdk/2.1.4/

Microsoft .NET Core Shared Framework Host Version : 2.0.5 Build : 17373eb129b3b05aa18ece963f8795d65ef8ea54

Attempting to run dotnet on Arch Linux SERVER restore ends with an error. And it is very strange. I have a PC with Arch Linux and Gnome and it works there perfectly (checked just now). However, I rented and checked 2 different servers dedicated to OVH from Arch Linux without gui and there are always these errors. Clean systems, the only difference that I have on a PC with Gnome and there is only a server version. Regardless of what project it is. On the example of neo-cli:

MSBUILD : error MSB1025: An internal failure occurred while running MSBuild.
System.InvalidOperationException: The terminfo database is invalid.
at System.TermInfo.Database..ctor(String term, Byte[] data)
at System.TermInfo.Database.ReadDatabase(String term, String directoryPath)
at System.TermInfo.Database.ReadDatabase(String term)
at System.TermInfo.Database.ReadActiveDatabase()
at System.ConsolePal.TerminalFormatStrings.<>c.<.cctor>b__27_0()
at System.Lazy`1.ViaFactory(LazyThreadSafetyMode mode)
at System.Lazy`1.ExecutionAndPublication(LazyHelper executionAndPublication, Boolean useDefaultConstructor)
at System.Lazy`1.CreateValue()
at System.ConsolePal.EnsureInitializedCore()
at System.ConsolePal.ControlCHandlerRegistrar.Register()
at System.Console.add_CancelKeyPress(ConsoleCancelEventHandler value)
at Microsoft.Build.CommandLine.MSBuildApp.Execute(String[] commandLine) in E:\A\_work\17\s\src\MSBuild\XMake.cs:line 526

Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: The terminfo database is invalid.
at System.TermInfo.Database..ctor(String term, Byte[] data)
at System.TermInfo.Database.ReadDatabase(String term, String directoryPath)
at System.TermInfo.Database.ReadDatabase(String term)
at System.TermInfo.Database.ReadActiveDatabase()
at System.ConsolePal.TerminalFormatStrings.<>c.<.cctor>b__27_0()
at System.Lazy`1.ViaFactory(LazyThreadSafetyMode mode)
at System.Lazy`1.ExecutionAndPublication(LazyHelper executionAndPublication, Boolean useDefaultConstructor)
at System.Lazy`1.CreateValue()
at System.ConsolePal.EnsureInitializedCore()
at System.ConsolePal.ControlCHandlerRegistrar.Register()
at System.Console.add_CancelKeyPress(ConsoleCancelEventHandler value)
at Microsoft.Build.CommandLine.MSBuildApp.Execute(String[] commandLine) in E:\A\_work\17\s\src\MSBuild\XMake.cs:line 748
at Microsoft.Build.CommandLine.MSBuildApp.Main(String[] args) in E:\A\_work\17\s\src\MSBuild\XMake.cs:line 215

Steps to reproduce:

git clone https://github.com/neo-project/neo-cli
cd neo-cli
dotnet restore

[peterhuene]

Per @lewurm on the corefx issue: another workaround to this issue when using a 6.1 ncurses is to invoke dotnet with TERM=xterm:

$ TERM=xterm dotnet

[wfurt]

New terminfo database start using some new features and older dotnet is not able to parse it correctly. ‘xterm’ however did not change so everything works as it used to.