Unable to build in Release

[Woetroer]

Description

When I try to build my application in Release mode I get the errors "Optimizing assemblies for size failed" and "Failed to write" see this screenshot.

I have tried setting publish trimmed to false as suggested by the error without success.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open the project from the referenced reproduction repository.
2. Build in release

Link to public reproduction project repository

https://github.com/Woetroer/ToDo/tree/master

Version with bug

7.0 (current)

Last version that worked well

Unknown/Other

Affected platforms

Android, Windows, I was not able test on other platforms

Affected platform versions

Android 12

Did you find any workaround?

No response

Relevant log output

No response

[rachelkang]

Hi, @Woetroer - would you be able to share the full error logs? I unfortunately am not seeing the screenshot you mention. Thanks!

[ghost]

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[Woetroer]

Hi, @Woetroer - would you be able to share the full error logs? I unfortunately am not seeing the screenshot you mention. Thanks!

Hi Rachel, I have attached the screenshot.

[PureWeen]

@jonathanpeppers thoughts?

In the meantime @Woetroer can you attach a binlog? https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-macios/wiki/Diagnosis

[ghost]

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[jonathanpeppers]

Yes, a .binlog would show the actual underlying error from ILLink. I don't think we have enough information on a screenshot.

[Woetroer]

@PureWeen @jonathanpeppers I have now attached the zip file with the binlog to the repository

[jonathanpeppers]

Is it the correct log? It has no errors inside:

You can open these files with the tool at https://msbuildlog.com to view them.

[ghost]

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[Woetroer]

@jonathanpeppers Yes I used the tool to build the project and generate the log file. After that I zipped it and sent it here.

This is what I see

[jonathanpeppers]

@Woetroer in your log the build succeeded. If it was a failure, the log view automatically searches $error (with a dollar sign) and shows the error message. There are no errors in here?

Do you need to try again and do a Release build? -c Release

[ghost]

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[Woetroer]

@jonathanpeppers I tried Command line arguments = "C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\7.0.201\MSBuild.dll C:\Users\Woetroe\source\ItvitaeRepos\ToDoApp\ToDoApp.sln /property:Configuration=Release /v:diag /nologo /clp:NoSummary;Verbosity=minimal /bl" this as the cli argument. The build succeeded and gave no $errors again.

[jonathanpeppers]

We need a .binlog with the details about "Optimizing assemblies for size failed" inside.

Did the problem mysteriously go away?

[Woetroer]

We need a .binlog with the details about "Optimizing assemblies for size failed" inside.

Did the problem mysteriously go away?

No it still gives me the errors when I build in visual studio. I can't seem to build it in release using the ms build log viewer.

[jonathanpeppers]

You don't actually have to build it with the .binlog viewer, but you can just add -bl to any dotnet build or msbuild command.

If you want to try inside VS you can use:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioProductTeam.ProjectSystemTools2022

Just make sure you have this enabled:

View > Other Windows > Build Logging can record .binlog files.

Find one that contains your error. Thanks!

[ghost]

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[Woetroer]

@jonathanpeppers After installing project tools and setting the setting to diagnostic I ran the build in release. It finished with no errors. I think the errors somehow went away. If the errors return I will provide the build log but it works for now. Thanks.

[jonathanpeppers]

Let us know and we can reopen, thanks!