How to build target with MSBuild in VS 2019 16.10.0?

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How to build target with MSBuild in VS 2019 16.10.0?

Sergej K 1

This method doesn't work

msbuild.exe main.sln -t:engine:Build -m:4 -p:Configuration=Release -p:Platform=x86

Those methods work fine:

msbuild.exe main.sln -t:engine:Rebuild -m:4 -p:Configuration=Release -p:Platform=x86
msbuild.exe main.sln -t:engine:Clean -m:4 -p:Configuration=Release -p:Platform=x86
msbuild.exe main.sln -t:engine:Link -m:4 -p:Configuration=Release -p:Platform=x86

Just for better understanding.
Latest changes in msbuild had broken silently my builds. Even worse, rollback from 16.10 to 16.9 is either difficult or not possible.
As a result, long-awaited c++20 features are delayed

Anna Xiu-MSFT 30,966 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-06-04T08:00:26.1+00:00

Hi SergejK-7155, I suppose you are using a C++ project. Have you tried to create a new project and check if it occurs in all projects?
if possible, please share us some reproduce steps or code snippets in order for us to investigate it further.
David Oh 1 Reputation point

2021-06-08T13:43:49.277+00:00

I faced the same issue with the latest build - 16.10.0. Apparently, this is a known issue and seems to be fixed in the next patch.
https://github.com/dotnet/msbuild/issues/6373

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Anna Xiu-MSFT 30,966 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-06-04T08:00:26.1+00:00

Hi SergejK-7155, I suppose you are using a C++ project. Have you tried to create a new project and check if it occurs in all projects?
if possible, please share us some reproduce steps or code snippets in order for us to investigate it further.
David Oh 1 Reputation point

2021-06-08T13:43:49.277+00:00

I faced the same issue with the latest build - 16.10.0. Apparently, this is a known issue and seems to be fixed in the next patch.
https://github.com/dotnet/msbuild/issues/6373

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