`dotnet publish` results in an error about duplicate files

[mattleibow]

Issue moved from microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml#7845

Describe the bug

Based on this issue: https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues/9879

Passing a -r win10-x64 to a app .csproj tries to load both a "neutral" and a "RID-specific" dll/pdb into the app:

dotnet publish MyApp.csproj -c Release -f net6.0-windows10.0.19041.0 -r win10-x64

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Clone https://github.com/mattleibow/Maui-Issue-9879
2. Execute the publish command:

   dotnet publish -r win10-x64 -f net6.0-windows10.0.19041.0 /bl .\WinUIApp\WinUIApp.csproj
   

3. Observe error:
   Failure: msbuild.binlog.zip

   error APPX1101: Payload contains two or more files with the same destination path 'MauiClassLibrary.pdb'. Source files:
   error APPX1101: ...\MauiClassLibrary\bin\Release\net6.0-windows10.0.19041.0\MauiClassLibrary.pdb 
   error APPX1101: ...\MauiClassLibrary\bin\Release\net6.0-windows10.0.19041.0\win10-x64\MauiClassLibrary.pdb 
   

4. Run build again with custom RuntimeIdentifierOverride property set:

    dotnet publish  .\WinUIApp\WinUIApp.csproj -c Release -f net6.0-windows10.0.19041.0 /p:RuntimeIdentifierOverride=win10-x86
   

5. Observe success
   Success: msbuild.binlog.zip

Expected behavior

Passing the RID should only apply the the app project, and the class library references should just be non-RID.

Screenshots

No response

NuGet package version

1.1.4

Packaging type

Packaged (MSIX)

Windows version

Windows 11 version 21H2 (22000)

IDE

Other

Additional context

I was able to make a workaround:

Add this to the bottom of the app .csproj:

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(RuntimeIdentifierOverride)' != ''">
	<RuntimeIdentifier>$(RuntimeIdentifierOverride)</RuntimeIdentifier>
</PropertyGroup>

Then when executing, use the new property instead of the RID:

dotnet publish  .\WinUIApp\WinUIApp.csproj -c Release -f net6.0-windows10.0.19041.0 /p:RuntimeIdentifierOverride=win10-x86

[mattleibow]

It also seems that an error occurrs when PublishTrimmed set to true:

error APPX1101: Payload contains two or more files with the same destination path 'MauiApp1.pdb'. Source files:
error APPX1101: C:\Users\lopi2\source\repos\MauiApp1\MauiApp1\obj\Release\net7.0-windows10.0.19041.0\win10-x64\linked\MauiApp1.pdb
error APPX1101: C:\Users\lopi2\source\repos\MauiApp1\MauiApp1\bin\Release\net7.0-windows10.0.19041.0\win10-x64\MauiApp1.pdb

[HakamFostok]

Any workaround for this? I tried making PublishTrimmed set to false but nothing solved the problem Is this going to be solved when .NET 8 is released?

[sigmarsson]

Has no effect.

  <PropertyGroup>
    <PublishTrimmed>false</PublishTrimmed>
  </PropertyGroup>

[mattleibow]

Related to https://github.com/microsoft/WindowsAppSDK/issues/4008

[evelynwu-msft]

@mattleibow So the fundamental issue is that the -r switch causes the passed in RID to be set as the global property RuntimeIdentifier and that simply isn't something we've ever handled well in conjunction with project references. This is why in both our project templates and our documentation we promote the use of publish profiles (Properties\*.pubxml in the app project). Your RuntimeIdentifierOverride property workaround is effectively emulating (part of) what our default publish profile does by setting the RuntimeIdentifier property for only the app project.

As a sidenote, dotnet publish should be run against the solution, rather than the app project, as this ensures that project references are built with the correct configuration/platform.

If I recreate your repro solution using our project templates (and updated to the latest internal WinAppSDK 1.6 build) such that the only meaningful difference is the addition of publish profiles, then the following works as expected and without issue: dotnet publish App4.sln.