Creating an x86/x64 nuget package without nusepc in new csproj format

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Creating an x86/x64 nuget package without nusepc in new csproj format

Karsten Schramm 0

One of the drawbacks of the nuspec file is that you need to list you nuget dependencies all over again and don't you dare forget it when updating one of your dependencies. For example here.

As a test balloon I was trying to achieve the same goal with the new Microsoft.NET.Sdk project style.

With the help from StackOverflow here and StackOverflow here I was able to generate a nuget package if it contains x86, x64 and AnyCPU. But I don't want AnyCPU.

Because for some reason the dotnet pack command insists on finding the DLL in the default folder:

dotnet pack DoenaSoft.NugetTest\DoenaSoft.NugetTest.csproj --no-build -c=Release -o=./

error NU5026: The file '{...}\bin\Release\net472\DoenaSoft.NugetTest.dll'
to be packed was not found on disk. [{...}\DoenaSoft.NugetTest.csproj]

And I can't convince it that I neither want nor need a non-x86/x64 library in my nuget pack

Build script and everything here on Github

Anonymous

Hi @Karsten Schramm ,Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

Here is the relevant documentation,

If you don't want to configure the package through nuspec, but through the sdk style, you can do this.

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <GeneratePackageOnBuild>True</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
    
    <IncludeBuildOutput>true</IncludeBuildOutput>
    <IncludeContentInPack>true</IncludeContentInPack>
    <IncludeContentFilesInPack>true</IncludeContentFilesInPack>
    <PackageId>MyPackageName</PackageId>
    <Version>1.0.0</Version>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'x86'">
    <None Update="bin\$(Configuration)\x86\YourAssembly.dll">
      <Pack>true</Pack>
      <PackagePath>lib\net6.0\x86</PackagePath>
    </None>
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'x64'">
    <None Update="bin\$(Configuration)\x64\YourAssembly.dll">
      <Pack>true</Pack>
      <PackagePath>lib\net6.0\x64</PackagePath>
    </None>
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

After configuring the package related things, you can directly use msbuild to generate the package.

Run in the folder where csproj is located:

msbuild -p:Platform=x86 -p:Platform=x64

You can also refer to these 2 links：https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/8623 and https://stackoverflow.com/a/35302932/6261890

Karsten Schramm 0 Reputation points

2023-10-18T08:57:05.99+00:00

I'm using dotnet.exe build instead msbuild.exe build and at least in dotnet.exe it's not possible to configure multiple -p:Platform=. The last one wins
Karsten Schramm 0 Reputation points

2023-10-18T09:40:58.0166667+00:00
It even ignores the explicit

<None Update="bin\Release\net472\DoenaSoft.NugetTest.dll"> <Pack>false</Pack> </None>

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Anonymous

2023-09-21T11:46:17.6833333+00:00

Hi @Karsten Schramm ,Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

Here is the relevant documentation,

If you don't want to configure the package through nuspec, but through the sdk style, you can do this.

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk"> <PropertyGroup> <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework> <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings> <Nullable>enable</Nullable> <GeneratePackageOnBuild>True</GeneratePackageOnBuild> <IncludeBuildOutput>true</IncludeBuildOutput> <IncludeContentInPack>true</IncludeContentInPack> <IncludeContentFilesInPack>true</IncludeContentFilesInPack> <PackageId>MyPackageName</PackageId> <Version>1.0.0</Version> </PropertyGroup> <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'x86'"> <None Update="bin\$(Configuration)\x86\YourAssembly.dll"> <Pack>true</Pack> <PackagePath>lib\net6.0\x86</PackagePath> </None> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'x64'"> <None Update="bin\$(Configuration)\x64\YourAssembly.dll"> <Pack>true</Pack> <PackagePath>lib\net6.0\x64</PackagePath> </None> </ItemGroup> </Project>

After configuring the package related things, you can directly use msbuild to generate the package.

Run in the folder where csproj is located:

msbuild -p:Platform=x86 -p:Platform=x64

You can also refer to these 2 links：https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/8623 and https://stackoverflow.com/a/35302932/6261890
Karsten Schramm 0 Reputation points

2023-10-18T08:57:05.99+00:00

I'm using dotnet.exe build instead msbuild.exe build and at least in dotnet.exe it's not possible to configure multiple -p:Platform=. The last one wins
Karsten Schramm 0 Reputation points

2023-10-18T09:40:58.0166667+00:00

It even ignores the explicit

<None Update="bin\Release\net472\DoenaSoft.NugetTest.dll"> <Pack>false</Pack> </None>

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