Paket 7 in multi-target repo fails with: 'Windows is required to build Windows desktop applications.'
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Description
Description
In a solution with separate macOS and Windows Desktop projects, paket install now fails with errors such as:
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.300/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.FrameworkReferenceResolution.targets(90,5): error NETSDK1100: Windows is required to build Windows desktop applications. [/Users/jwostenberg/Code/Interstellar/src/Interstellar.Wpf.Chromium/Interstellar.Wpf.Chromium.fsproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.300/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.FrameworkReferenceResolution.targets(90,5): error NETSDK1100: Windows is required to build Windows desktop applications. [/Users/jwostenberg/Code/Interstellar/Examples/Examples.Wpf.Chromium/Examples.Wpf.Chromium.fsproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.300/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.FrameworkReferenceResolution.targets(90,5): error NETSDK1100: Windows is required to build Windows desktop applications. [/Users/jwostenberg/Code/Interstellar/src/Interstellar.WinForms.Chromium/Interstellar.WinForms.Chromium.fsproj]
/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.300/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.FrameworkReferenceResolution.targets(90,5): error NETSDK1100: Windows is required to build Windows desktop applications. [/Users/jwostenberg/Code/Interstellar/Examples/Examples.WinForms.Chromium/Examples.WinForms.Chromium.fsproj]
Total time taken: 10 milliseconds
Paket failed with
-> dotnet restore "Interstellar.Windows.sln" failed
Repro steps
- Have a repo with two solutions and two projects
1a.MyProject.Windows.slnwhich containsMyProject.Windows.fsprojwith a TFM ofnet6.0-windows
1b.MyProject.macOS.slnwhich containsMyProject.macOS.fsprojwith a TFM ofnet6.0-macos - On macOS, try to do a
dotnet paket install
Expected behavior
paket install should work and not fail
Actual behavior
Paket blows up
Known workarounds
Downgrade to Paket 6.0.13.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the failure on macOS with the described Windows and macOS solutions by running dotnet paket install, then compare the behavior with Paket 6.0.13. Trace Paket's restore handling for multi-target solutions and the listed .sln and .fsproj files. Done means Paket 7 completes installation without requiring Windows for the Windows-targeted projects.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- fsharp
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100