fsprojects / fsprojects/Paket

Pre-release tag case sensitivity bug (affects case sensitive file systems)

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Description

Description

When specifying a dependency with a pre-release tag that contains uppercase characters, paket install will fail with an error:
Could not find nuspec in '/xxxx/package/0.1.0-Xyz.1', try deleting the directory and restoring again.

It does appear the files get extracted, but they get extracted to: /xxxx/package/0.1.0-xyz.1 (note the lowercase X).

Known workarounds

In your paket.dependencies file, change the pre-release tag to all lowercase characters.

Eg. Change nuget Package 0.1.0-Xyz.1 to nuget Package 0.1.0-xyz.1.

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Research direction

Reproduce the failure with paket install using nuget Package 0.1.0-Xyz.1 on a case-sensitive file system, then compare the requested version path with the extracted lowercase path. Use paket.dependencies and the reported nuspec lookup as the starting points. Done means uppercase pre-release tags install successfully without requiring the lowercase workaround.

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Assessment

Tech stack
fsharp
Domain
build-system, cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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