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Error NU1605 trying to build Winforms.sln

See original GitHub issue

.NET Core Version: 3.0.100-preview3-010283 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 3.0.100-preview4-010480 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
Have you experienced this same bug with .NET Framework?: No

Problem description:

After forking dotnet/winforms master Winforms.sln does not build - there are 64 cases of errors like this:

Severity	Code	Description	Project	File	Line	Suppression State
Error	NU1605	Detected package downgrade: Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms from 3.0.0-preview4.19118.6 to 3.0.0-preview3.19115.9. Reference the package directly from the project to select a different version. 
 System.Windows.Forms -> System.Drawing.Common 4.6.0-preview4.19118.6 -> Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms (>= 3.0.0-preview4.19118.6) 
 System.Windows.Forms -> Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms (>= 3.0.0-preview3.19115.9)	System.Windows.Forms.Ref	C:\Users\JoeErickson\source\repos\winforms\src\System.Windows.Forms\ref\System.Windows.Forms.Ref.csproj	1

This has been an ongoing problem for a while. The workaround has been to change the ~15 C# projects to not treat NU1605 as an error.

NU1605 is explicitly set to be treated as an error in all C# projects in Winforms.sln and this makes good sense but I cannot figure out how to get the correct build of .NET Core 3. Neither the daily build nor the current Preview 3 release works. This problem has persisted for at least several weeks.

Minimal repro:

Install latest Visual Studio 2019 Preview 3 and .NET Core 3 (Preview 3 or daily build).
Fork and clone dotnet/winforms master.
Load Winforms.sln into VS 2019.
Try to build.

Issue Analytics

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:11 (11 by maintainers)

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ericstjcommented, Feb 22, 2019

Don’t suppress nu1605: package downgrades are bad.

Looks to be a side-effect of https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/blob/0690b28e426f5b7e6dfe7ab4200b83ce3c96bc95/src/Tasks/Microsoft.NET.Build.Tasks/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.DefaultItems.props#L81-L87. /cc @dsplaisted

The SDK you’re building with is adding a reference to it’s version of MS.NC.Platforms which is lagging behind the version that WinForms gets from the CoreFx packages.

You should be able to workaround it by updating the reference added by the SDK (looks like they don’t have a great hook for defining it).

So add Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms to the list of packages you get from darc (versions.props), then put something like the following in your root Directory.Build.targets:

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Update="Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms" Version="$(MicrosoftNETCorePlatformsPackageVersion)" />
  </ItemGroup>

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RussKiecommented, Feb 26, 2019

I have checked out the latest master and now I can’t compile…

Attempting to compile I get a bunch of errors:

Build with surface heuristics started at 17:49:41
Use build tool: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Preview\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe
0>------- Project started: InternalUtilitiesForTests
1>------- Project started: System.Windows.Forms
2>------- Project started: System.Windows.Forms.Ref
0>C:\Development\winforms\artifacts\obj\InternalUtilitiesForTests\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\InternalUtilitiesForTests.AssemblyInfo.cs(14,12): Error CS0579: Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyCompanyAttribute' attribute
0>C:\Development\winforms\artifacts\obj\InternalUtilitiesForTests\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\InternalUtilitiesForTests.AssemblyInfo.cs(15,12): Error CS0579: Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyConfigurationAttribute' attribute
0>C:\Development\winforms\artifacts\obj\InternalUtilitiesForTests\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\InternalUtilitiesForTests.AssemblyInfo.cs(18,12): Error CS0579: Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyFileVersionAttribute' attribute
0>C:\Development\winforms\artifacts\obj\InternalUtilitiesForTests\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\InternalUtilitiesForTests.AssemblyInfo.cs(19,12): Error CS0579: Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute' attribute
0>C:\Development\winforms\artifacts\obj\InternalUtilitiesForTests\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\InternalUtilitiesForTests.AssemblyInfo.cs(20,12): Error CS0579: Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyProductAttribute' attribute
0>C:\Development\winforms\artifacts\obj\InternalUtilitiesForTests\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\InternalUtilitiesForTests.AssemblyInfo.cs(21,12): Error CS0579: Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyTitleAttribute' attribute
0>C:\Development\winforms\artifacts\obj\InternalUtilitiesForTests\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\InternalUtilitiesForTests.AssemblyInfo.cs(22,12): Error CS0579: Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyVersionAttribute' attribute
0>------- Project finished: InternalUtilitiesForTests. Succeeded: False. Errors: 7. Warnings: 0
2>C:\Development\winforms\artifacts\obj\System.Windows.Forms.Ref\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\System.Windows.Forms.Ref.AssemblyInfo.cs(14,12): Error CS0579: Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyCompanyAttribute' attribute
2>C:\Development\winforms\artifacts\obj\System.Windows.Forms.Ref\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\System.Windows.Forms.Ref.AssemblyInfo.cs(15,12): Error CS0579: Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyConfigurationAttribute' attribute
2>C:\Development\winforms\artifacts\obj\System.Windows.Forms.Ref\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\System.Windows.Forms.Ref.AssemblyInfo.cs(18,12): Error CS0579: Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyFileVersionAttribute' attribute
2>C:\Development\winforms\artifacts\obj\System.Windows.Forms.Ref\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\System.Windows.Forms.Ref.AssemblyInfo.cs(19,12): Error CS0579: Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute' attribute
2>C:\Development\winforms\artifacts\obj\System.Windows.Forms.Ref\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\System.Windows.Forms.Ref.AssemblyInfo.cs(20,12): Error CS0579: Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyProductAttribute' attribute
2>C:\Development\winforms\artifacts\obj\System.Windows.Forms.Ref\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\System.Windows.Forms.Ref.AssemblyInfo.cs(21,12): Error CS0579: Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyTitleAttribute' attribute
2>C:\Development\winforms\artifacts\obj\System.Windows.Forms.Ref\Debug\netcoreapp3.0\System.Windows.Forms.Ref.AssemblyInfo.cs(22,12): Error CS0579: Duplicate 'System.Reflection.AssemblyVersionAttribute' attribute
2>------- Project finished: System.Windows.Forms.Ref. Succeeded: False. Errors: 7. Warnings: 0
1>------- Project finished: System.Windows.Forms. Succeeded: True. Errors: 0. Warnings: 0
3>------- Project started: WinformsControlsTest
4>------- Project started: System.Windows.Forms.IntegrationTests
5>------- Project started: System.Windows.Forms.Design.Editors
6>------- Project started: System.Windows.Forms.Design
4>------- Project finished: System.Windows.Forms.IntegrationTests. Succeeded: True. Errors: 0. Warnings: 0
5>------- Project finished: System.Windows.Forms.Design.Editors. Succeeded: True. Errors: 0. Warnings: 0
7>------- Project started: System.Windows.Forms.Design.Editors.Tests
7>------- Project finished: System.Windows.Forms.Design.Editors.Tests. Succeeded: True. Errors: 0. Warnings: 0
3>------- Project finished: WinformsControlsTest. Succeeded: True. Errors: 0. Warnings: 0
6>------- Project finished: System.Windows.Forms.Design. Succeeded: True. Errors: 0. Warnings: 0
Build completed in 00:00:27.495

I also get the following warning: