Impossible to compile msbuild

[Meister1593]

1. For now, you can't compile msbuild because newtonsoft-json src issue: emerging newtonsoft-json failed because mono renamed their master branch #496
2. When building msbuild (with fix applied for issue above), it tries to compile dev-dotnet/buildtools-1.0.27-r1 but fails to do. log, info

[cyborgyn]

For the 2.) it seems that the problem now, that Newtonsoft.Json is installed into the wrong directory under amd64: under /usr/lib64/mono/gac/... instead of /usr/lib/mono/gac/...
Using the gacutil of mono, to install the dll, dev-dotnet/buildtools builds for me.

Addition:
For the missing dll, just find it under /usr/lib64/mono/gac/, use gacutil -i <dll_file_path>

[Meister1593]

For the 2.) it seems that the problem now, that Newtonsoft.Json is installed into the wrong directory under amd64: under /usr/lib64/mono/gac/... instead of /usr/lib/mono/gac/...
Using the gacutil of mono, to install the dll, dev-dotnet/buildtools builds for me.

can you elaborate on how to use that util to install that dll? i really need msbuild now)

[Meister1593]

Even though i managed to build msbuild, it seems that it's missing a lot of stuff... like, System.CodeDom, System.Linq, System.Windows (winforms)
arch has exactly the same package, from the same repo and it has everything needed
though msbuild version isn't 15.3 on arch, but 16.9

[cyborgyn]

Even though i managed to build msbuild, it seems that it's missing a lot of stuff... like, System.CodeDom, System.Linq, System.Windows (winforms)
arch has exactly the same package, from the same repo and it has everything needed
though msbuild version isn't 15.3 on arch, but 16.9

How do you mean it's missing those? msbuild just builds. Those you mentioned are class libraries, nothing to do with the build system itself, except it need to find it to be able to compile a source referencing it. You need to install those also into GAC to be able to compile against those.

[Meister1593]

Even though i managed to build msbuild, it seems that it's missing a lot of stuff... like, System.CodeDom, System.Linq, System.Windows (winforms)
arch has exactly the same package, from the same repo and it has everything needed
though msbuild version isn't 15.3 on arch, but 16.9

How do you mean it's missing those? msbuild just builds. Those you mentioned are class libraries, nothing to do with the build system itself, except it need to find it to be able to compile a source referencing it. You need to install those also into GAC to be able to compile against those.

As far as i can tell, i at least have windows namespace

ls /usr/lib/mono/gac | grep -i System.win
System.Windows
System.Windows.Forms
System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization

do i need to use gac flag on all packages that are needed to install for msbuild to be able to use them?

[Meister1593]

I rebuilt everything with gac use flag, and projects still can't reference at least System.Windows... i'm missing something?

[Meister1593]

I'm using Rider, and using msbuild from directory /usr/lib/mono/mono/msbuild/Current/bin/MSBuild.dll, and every reference what project have is Not resolved by msbuild, even just System.

[cyborgyn]

What is your csproj file look like? It depends on that... could be it references through full path those, or versions not installed on your machine.

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On May 29, 2021 8:24:10 AM UTC, PLYSHKA ***@***.***> wrote: I'm using Rider, and using msbuild from directory `/usr/lib/mono/mono/msbuild/Current/bin/MSBuild.dll`, and every reference what project have is `Not resolved by msbuild`, even just `System`.  -- You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: #498 (comment)

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[cyborgyn]

@Meister1593 : pull requests are merged. Now it should build without intervention. If it does, you can close this issue... for now... :)

[Meister1593]

@Meister1593 : pull requests are merged. Now it should build without intervention. If it does, you can close this issue... for now... :)

I'm on Archlinux now, so... someone else has to check it now)