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MSB4018: The "GenerateDepsFile" task failed unexpectedly.
See original GitHub issueI am trying to use Ubuntu 18.04 to test some things, and I can use any of the newer .NET Core SDKs.
I just installed a fresh VM with 18.04, and installed my usual tools. I then try and build SkiaSharp, and then the .NET Standard projects and Tizen fail to build with the same error.
I can roll back to dotnet-sdk-2.1.105, and that seems to work fine. As soon as I go later, then it fails. I tried installing a different version of dotnet 2.2, but I only have one for some reason. Sure, I could install it manually and all that. But, who wants to do that - and I am not even sure it is going to work.
Here is my apt-search output: https://gist.github.com/mattleibow/935de7d22b24cfcf3ae9ab0c16b1908f
What is the reason for these failures? My code was working - as it is building just fine with 2.1.105, and then I bump up just a fraction and boom?
Build Errors:
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: The "GenerateDepsFile" task failed unexpectedly. [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/SkiaSharp.NetStandard/SkiaSharp.NetStandard.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type of field 'Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.DependencyContextBuilder:_filteredPackages' (12) due to: Could not resolve type with token 01000025 from typeref (expected class 'NuGet.Packaging.Core.PackageIdentity' in assembly 'NuGet.Packaging, Version=5.1.0.5, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35') assembly:NuGet.Packaging, Version=5.1.0.5, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 type:NuGet.Packaging.Core.PackageIdentity member:(null) [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/SkiaSharp.NetStandard/SkiaSharp.NetStandard.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.TaskBase.Execute () [0x00000] in <a7945d89c0ac41f8a1c76203a2991e34>:0 [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/SkiaSharp.NetStandard/SkiaSharp.NetStandard.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute () [0x00029] in <58f0218f988743a48dd7c84cbe933f4e>:0 [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/SkiaSharp.NetStandard/SkiaSharp.NetStandard.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.ExecuteInstantiatedTask (Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost taskExecutionHost, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.Logging.TaskLoggingContext taskLoggingContext, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskHost taskHost, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ItemBucket bucket, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionMode howToExecuteTask) [0x001f6] in <58f0218f988743a48dd7c84cbe933f4e>:0 [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/SkiaSharp.NetStandard/SkiaSharp.NetStandard.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: The "GenerateDepsFile" task failed unexpectedly. [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/HarfBuzzSharp.NetStandard/HarfBuzzSharp.NetStandard.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type of field 'Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.DependencyContextBuilder:_filteredPackages' (12) due to: Could not resolve type with token 01000025 from typeref (expected class 'NuGet.Packaging.Core.PackageIdentity' in assembly 'NuGet.Packaging, Version=5.1.0.5, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35') assembly:NuGet.Packaging, Version=5.1.0.5, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 type:NuGet.Packaging.Core.PackageIdentity member:(null) [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/HarfBuzzSharp.NetStandard/HarfBuzzSharp.NetStandard.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.TaskBase.Execute () [0x00000] in <a7945d89c0ac41f8a1c76203a2991e34>:0 [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/HarfBuzzSharp.NetStandard/HarfBuzzSharp.NetStandard.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute () [0x00029] in <58f0218f988743a48dd7c84cbe933f4e>:0 [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/HarfBuzzSharp.NetStandard/HarfBuzzSharp.NetStandard.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.ExecuteInstantiatedTask (Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost taskExecutionHost, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.Logging.TaskLoggingContext taskLoggingContext, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskHost taskHost, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ItemBucket bucket, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionMode howToExecuteTask) [0x001f6] in <58f0218f988743a48dd7c84cbe933f4e>:0 [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/HarfBuzzSharp.NetStandard/HarfBuzzSharp.NetStandard.csproj]
...
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: The "GenerateDepsFile" task failed unexpectedly. [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/SkiaSharp.Tizen/SkiaSharp.Tizen.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type of field 'Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.DependencyContextBuilder:_filteredPackages' (12) due to: Could not resolve type with token 01000025 from typeref (expected class 'NuGet.Packaging.Core.PackageIdentity' in assembly 'NuGet.Packaging, Version=5.1.0.5, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35') assembly:NuGet.Packaging, Version=5.1.0.5, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 type:NuGet.Packaging.Core.PackageIdentity member:(null) [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/SkiaSharp.Tizen/SkiaSharp.Tizen.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.TaskBase.Execute () [0x00000] in <a7945d89c0ac41f8a1c76203a2991e34>:0 [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/SkiaSharp.Tizen/SkiaSharp.Tizen.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute () [0x00029] in <58f0218f988743a48dd7c84cbe933f4e>:0 [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/SkiaSharp.Tizen/SkiaSharp.Tizen.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.ExecuteInstantiatedTask (Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost taskExecutionHost, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.Logging.TaskLoggingContext taskLoggingContext, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskHost taskHost, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ItemBucket bucket, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionMode howToExecuteTask) [0x001f6] in <58f0218f988743a48dd7c84cbe933f4e>:0 [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/SkiaSharp.Tizen/SkiaSharp.Tizen.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: The "GenerateDepsFile" task failed unexpectedly. [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/HarfBuzzSharp.Tizen/HarfBuzzSharp.Tizen.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type of field 'Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.DependencyContextBuilder:_filteredPackages' (12) due to: Could not resolve type with token 01000025 from typeref (expected class 'NuGet.Packaging.Core.PackageIdentity' in assembly 'NuGet.Packaging, Version=5.1.0.5, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35') assembly:NuGet.Packaging, Version=5.1.0.5, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 type:NuGet.Packaging.Core.PackageIdentity member:(null) [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/HarfBuzzSharp.Tizen/HarfBuzzSharp.Tizen.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.TaskBase.Execute () [0x00000] in <a7945d89c0ac41f8a1c76203a2991e34>:0 [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/HarfBuzzSharp.Tizen/HarfBuzzSharp.Tizen.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute () [0x00029] in <58f0218f988743a48dd7c84cbe933f4e>:0 [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/HarfBuzzSharp.Tizen/HarfBuzzSharp.Tizen.csproj]
/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.700/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.targets(129,5): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.ExecuteInstantiatedTask (Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost taskExecutionHost, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.Logging.TaskLoggingContext taskLoggingContext, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskHost taskHost, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ItemBucket bucket, Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionMode howToExecuteTask) [0x001f6] in <58f0218f988743a48dd7c84cbe933f4e>:0 [/media/matthew/Projects/SkiaSharp/binding/HarfBuzzSharp.Tizen/HarfBuzzSharp.Tizen.csproj]
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Do you have environment variable MSBuildSDKsPath or MSBuildExtensionsPath set by any change? It seems like it is possible that your 2.2.300 SDK is loading 2.1.700 props/targets, as show above. This usually happens when folks set the PATH to the SDK manually using the environment variables above.
@mattleibow if you are using Mono MSBuild, then you probably have incompatible versions of Mono MSBuild and .NET Core SDK. The problem and possible solutions are described here: https://rider-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004180039