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Unable to load DLL 'Microsoft.DiaSymReader.Native.amd64.dll'

See original GitHub issue

Steps to reproduce

project.json

{
  "version": "1.0.0-*",
  "dependencies": {
    "dotnet-test-xunit": "1.0.0-*",
    "xunit": "2.1.0"
  },
  "testRunner": "xunit",
  "frameworks": {
    "netcoreapp1.0": {
      "imports": [ "dnxcore50", "portable-net45+win8" ],
      "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
        "type": "platform",
        "version": "1.0.0-*"
      }
    },
    "net451": { },
    "net452": { },
    "net46": { },
    "net461": { }
  }
}

Commands to run:

dotnet restore --infer-runtimes
dotnet test

Expected behavior

Tests are run for all frameworks (there are 5 of them)

Actual behavior

Tests run for only netcoreapp. For other frameworks it throws exception:

xUnit.net Runner (64-bit win7-x64)
System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load DLL 'Microsoft.DiaSymReader.Native.amd64.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)

Environment data

dotnet --info output: Machine 1:

.NET Command Line Tools (1.0.0-rc2-002673)

Product Information:
 Version:     1.0.0-rc2-002673
 Commit Sha:  c0aeb91d61

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Windows
 OS Version:  6.1.7601
 OS Platform: Windows
 RID:         win7-x64

Machine 2:

.NET Command Line Tools (1.0.0-rc2-002678)

Product Information:
 Version:     1.0.0-rc2-002678
 Commit Sha:  3b2ea9d14b

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Windows
 OS Version:  10.0.10586
 OS Platform: Windows
 RID:         win10-x64

What am I missing here?

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 7 years ago
Comments:5 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

natemcmastercommented, Jun 14, 2016

@alexandru-calinoiu it’s one of those magical, internal, undocumented things. http://www.natemcmaster.com/blog/2016/05/19/nuget3-rid-graph/

0reactions

mkumar100commented, Aug 28, 2018

I am working on TesseractEngine in a Console application. I have added Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms to the solution, through Nuget. While building it, I get the error: Unable to load DLL 'Microsoft.DiaSymReader.Native.amd64.dll I have attached Program.cs as Program.txt for your reference. Program.txt Please help here.

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