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Updating .net frameworks through winget does not show the update worked
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Description
in winget i show available updates
❯ winget upgrade
Name Id Version Available Source
WhatsApp WhatsApp.WhatsApp 2.2306.9 2.2319.9 winget
Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 3.1.32 (x64) Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.6 < 6.0.5 6.0.16 winget
Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 5.0.17 (x64) Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.6 < 6.0.5 6.0.16 winget
3 upgrades available.
Lee Mackinnell@HP-Laptop-W11 ~
❯ winget upgrade "Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 3.1.32 (x64)"
Found Microsoft .NET Windows Desktop Runtime 6.0 [Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.6] Version 6.0.16
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Microsoft is not responsible for, nor does it grant any licenses to, third-party packages.
Downloading https://dotnetcli.azureedge.net/dotnet/WindowsDesktop/6.0.16/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.16-win-x64.exe
██████████████████████████████ 54.8 MB / 54.8 MB
Successfully verified installer hash
Starting package install...
Successfully installed
Lee Mackinnell@HP-Laptop-W11 ~
❯ winget upgrade
Name Id Version Available Source
WhatsApp WhatsApp.WhatsApp 2.2306.9 2.2319.9 winget
Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 3.1.32 (x64) Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.6 < 6.0.5 6.0.16 winget
Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 5.0.17 (x64) Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.6 < 6.0.5 6.0.16 winget
3 upgrades available.
i get the same result with 5.0.17
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First steps
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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 report with winget upgrade and the Microsoft.DotNet.DesktopRuntime.6 package ID shown in the issue. Compare the reported .NET runtime entries before and after upgrading; done means the installed version is detected correctly and the stale upgrades no longer remain listed.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100