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ResolvePublishAssemblies task is failing

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Error message

C:\packages\microsoft.net.sdk\1.0.0-alpha-20161104-2\build\Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets(230,5): error MSB4018: The "ResolvePublishAssemblies" task failed unexpectedly.\r [C:\Enlistments\vstest\src\vstest.console\vstest.console.csproj]
C:\packages\microsoft.net.sdk\1.0.0-alpha-20161104-2\build\Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets(230,5): error MSB4018: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.\r [C:\Enlistments\vstest\src\vstest.console\vstest.console.csproj]
C:\packages\microsoft.net.sdk\1.0.0-alpha-20161104-2\build\Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets(230,5): error MSB4018: Parameter name: path1\r [C:\Enlistments\vstest\src\vstest.console\vstest.console.csproj]
C:\packages\microsoft.net.sdk\1.0.0-alpha-20161104-2\build\Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets(230,5): error MSB4018:    at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)\r [C:\Enlistments\vstest\src\vstest.console\vstest.console.csproj]
C:\packages\microsoft.net.sdk\1.0.0-alpha-20161104-2\build\Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets(230,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.PublishAssembliesResolver.<GetResolvedFiles>d__5.MoveNext()\r [C:\Enlistments\vstest\src\vstest.console\vstest.console.csproj]
C:\packages\microsoft.net.sdk\1.0.0-alpha-20161104-2\build\Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets(230,5): error MSB4018:    at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.InsertRange(Int32 index, IEnumerable`1 collection)\r [C:\Enlistments\vstest\src\vstest.console\vstest.console.csproj]
C:\packages\microsoft.net.sdk\1.0.0-alpha-20161104-2\build\Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets(230,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.PublishAssembliesResolver.Resolve(ProjectContext projectContext)\r [C:\Enlistments\vstest\src\vstest.console\vstest.console.csproj]
C:\packages\microsoft.net.sdk\1.0.0-alpha-20161104-2\build\Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets(230,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.ResolvePublishAssemblies.ExecuteCore()\r [C:\Enlistments\vstest\src\vstest.console\vstest.console.csproj]
C:\packages\microsoft.net.sdk\1.0.0-alpha-20161104-2\build\Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets(230,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks.TaskBase.Execute()\r [C:\Enlistments\vstest\src\vstest.console\vstest.console.csproj]
C:\packages\microsoft.net.sdk\1.0.0-alpha-20161104-2\build\Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets(230,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute()\r [C:\Enlistments\vstest\src\vstest.console\vstest.console.csproj]
C:\packages\microsoft.net.sdk\1.0.0-alpha-20161104-2\build\Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets(230,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.<ExecuteInstantiatedTask>d__25.MoveNext() [C:\Enlistments\vstest\src\vstest.console\vstest.console.csproj]

Repro Step:

1) Restore project https://github.com/Microsoft/vstest/blob/master/src/vstest.console/vstest.console.csproj
2) Build project https://github.com/Microsoft/vstest/blob/master/src/vstest.console/vstest.console.csproj
3) publish for framework net46

Environment:

.NET Command Line Tools (1.0.0-preview5-004478)
Product Information:
Version: 1.0.0-preview5-004478
Commit SHA-1 hash: 4d3e287
Runtime Environment:
OS Name: Windows
OS Version: 10.0.14393
OS Platform: Windows
RID: win10-x64
Base Path: C:\Users\faahmad\Desktop\dotnet-dev-win-x64.latest\sdk\1.0.0-preview5-004478

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 7 years ago
Reactions:2
Comments:14 (9 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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dasMullicommented, Jan 13, 2017

I can confirm that this now works out of the box with the following cli builds: https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/Sdk/1.0.0-rc3-004479/dotnet-dev-osx-x64.1.0.0-rc3-004479.pkg https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/Sdk/1.0.0-rc3-004479/dotnet-dev-win-x64.1.0.0-rc3-004479.exe

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natemcmastercommented, Jan 13, 2017

I manually patched my CLI with the 1.0.0-alpha-20170113-1 Microsoft.NET.Sdk. Seems to have fixed it. I assume dotnet/cli needs to update to this new build but just hasn’t yet.

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