how to update all the reference of a .net standard app's csproj of a specific package during installtion

Question

currently when I install a nuget package inside .net standard app i can only able update the PackageReference indie the csproj

<PackageReference Include="sip-si" Version="4.0.10" />

rest of all the referance are not able to update the updated version inside the same csproj file ex

  <Target Name="CopyReferenceDll" AfterTargets="Build">
	<Copy SourceFiles="..\..\_Common\packages\sip-si.4.0.9\lib\netstandard2.0\Wrapper.dll" DestinationFolder="$(TargetDir)" />
	<Copy SourceFiles="..\..\_Common\packages\sip-si.4.0.9\lib\netstandard2.0\Wrapper.pdb" DestinationFolder="$(TargetDir)" />
  </Target>

and it gives an error after installation and i need to update them manually is there any way to modify the sip-si.nuspec file so after installtion of the nuget pack the target section also will get updated with the particular version.

and can we run a powershell script during installation of a nuget package automatically

Answer 1

Hi @Aditya Dalai , Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

Microsoft employees said here that the powershell script of the package reference has been deprecated, and it is not recommended to use scripts in packages:

https://github.com/NuGet/Home/issues/4318#issuecomment-343255043

The target after build target method you use can be tested here:

The principle is to replace the dll and pdb of the current project.

If there is a problem, it may be because you did not choose to rebuild, so the previous metadata file is still used.

Best Regards,

Jiale

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