NuGet.exe should not be used for Tools & Addin directive on CoreCLR

[devlead]

Currently NuGet.exe isn't CoreCLR compatible so we should download tools/addins same way we download the Roslyn compilers.

[patriksvensson]

We have decided to postpone this until NuGet.PackageManagement is supported on CoreCLR.

Workaround (for now)

Add a project.json with the packages you want to install and use dotnet restore --packages "./tools" in your bootstrapper.

[adamhathcock]

I made this build.sh for myself https://gist.github.com/adamhathcock/87c7cad21916fe871dc6fd09b5dea715

This expects the project.json in tools like @patriksvensson suggested

Note there's a CAKE_VERSION and CAKE_FEED to get the early builds.

[vlesierse]

@adamhathcock, @patriksvensson thanks for your Gist. Currently I'm trying to run my build.cake using your solution but I end up with the error message. Any directions? BTW, this is only when in the 0.16.0 release of the Cake.CoreCLR package.

Error: assembly specified in the dependencies manifest was not found -- package: 'System.Collections.NonGeneric', version: '4.0.1', path: 'lib/netstandard1.3/System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll'

[gep13]

@vlesierse this is a known issue. Keep an eye out for the 0.16.1 hotfix release in the next couple days to address this.

[vlesierse]

@gep13 Thnx, I wait for the release. Just as I typed this I noticed this issue ... #1237

[vlesierse]

If you are interested I got a Gist for creating the project.json file from the bash script
build.sh

[phenixdotnet]

Hi.
Is there any update on this ?
The NuGet.PackageManagement project doesn't support .NET Core yet and the project.json workaround doesn't work anymore.

As a 'fix" can we check if the current platform is Unix and if yes, change the command to use mono ? Is that acceptable ?

[devlead]

We've just recently ported Cake to 1.0.4 SDK and csproj, are just finishing up getting cake tooling aliases up to speed with the new SDK and current priority post that is to get Cake up to speed with the latest Roslyn bits. So we've just not had the time to look at this yet.

Don't think adding a hard dependency to mono is the way to for .NET Core version of Cake.

We should look at some .NET Core native way if doing this, perhaps as a PoC module.

Possible work arounds are to use

• use packages.config for addins/tools/modules
• create executable bash script mimicking or invocing nuget install command
• curl & unzip nuget packages without the need for mono or nuget.exe

[bjorkstromm]

#1768 allows opportunity to use a in-process NuGet client instead of shelling out to nuget.exe.

[adamhathcock]

I guess #1768 doesn't cover add-ins?

[devlead]

@adamhathcock it does

[augustoproiete]

Closed as #wont-fix given that the CoreCLR runner has been deprecated.