Cannot convert value 'PSDepend.Format.ps1xml' to type 'System.Version'.

[justinainsworth]

I am working on an azure devops pipeline, and utilizing PSDepend to prefetch build dependencies on a self hosted build environment.

I have noticed that when invoke-psdepend is called using an input object (using the installimport-hashtable parameter set), it is failing with the following error: Cannot convert value 'PSDepend.Format.ps1xml' to type 'System.Version'

Error Record and stack trace below: System.ArgumentException: Cannot convert value 'PSDepend.Format.ps1xml' to type 'System.Version'. at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.ThrowTerminatingError(ErrorRecord errorRecord) TargetObject: PSDepend.Format.ps1xml CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (PSDepend.Format.ps1xml:String) [Validate-VersionParameters], ArgumentException FullyQualifiedErrorId: InvalidVersion,Validate-VersionParameters InvocationInfo: System.Management.Automation.InvocationInfo ParameterValues: System.Collections.Hashtable MyCommand: Validate-VersionParameters BoundParameters: System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary2[System.String,System.Object] UnboundArguments: ScriptLineNumber: 9688 OffsetInLine: 33 HistoryId: 1 ScriptName: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.2.5\PSModule.psm1 Line: $ValidationResult = Validate-VersionParameters -CallerPSCmdlet $PSCmdlet PositionMessage: At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.2.5\PSModule.psm1:9688 char:33 '+ ... dationResult = Validate-VersionParameters -CallerPSCmdlet $PSCmdlet ` '+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PSScriptRoot: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.2.5 PSCommandPath: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.2.5\PSModule.psm1 InvocationName: Validate-VersionParameters PipelineLength: 0 PipelinePosition: 0 ExpectingInput: False CommandOrigin: Internal DisplayScriptPosition: ScriptStackTrace: at ThrowError, C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.2.5\PSModule.psm1: line 7115

at ValidateAndGet-VersionPrereleaseStrings, C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.2.5\PSModule.psm1: line 8360

at Validate-VersionParameters, C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.2.5\PSModule.psm1: line 7444

at Install-Module, C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\2.2.5\PSModule.psm1: line 9688

at , C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSDepend\0.3.8\PSDependScripts\PSGalleryModule.ps1: line 302

at Invoke-DependencyScript, C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSDepend\0.3.8\Public\Invoke-DependencyScript.ps1: line 195

at Invoke-PSDepend, C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSDepend\0.3.8\Public\Invoke-PSDepend.ps1: line 295

I ran invoke-psdepend in verbose mode, and got this additional output:

VERBOSE: Processed the dependency 'FormatsToProcess' VERBOSE: Running Invoke-DependencyScript with ParameterSetName 'Map' and params: Key Value '--- ----- PSDependAction {Install, Import} PSDependTypePath C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSDepend\0.3.8\PSDependMap.psd1 Dependency @{DependencyFile=Hashtable; DependencyName=FormatsToProcess; DependencyType=PSGalleryModule; Name=F...

VERBOSE: Dependencies:

DependencyFile : Hashtable DependencyName : FormatsToProcess DependencyType : PSGalleryModule Name : FormatsToProcess Version : PSDepend.Format.ps1xml Parameters : Source : Target : AddToPath : Tags : DependsOn : PreScripts : PostScripts : Credential : PSDependOptions : Raw :

VERBOSE: Searching for C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSDepend\0.3.8\PSDependScripts\PSGalleryModule.ps1 VERBOSE: Searching for PSGalleryModule.ps1 VERBOSE: Get-Parameters for C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSDepend\0.3.8\PSDependScripts\PSGalleryModule.ps1\PSGalleryModule.ps1 VERBOSE: Found parameters [AcceptLicense AllowClobber AllowPrerelease Dependency Import PSDependAction Repository SkipPublisherCheck] VERBOSE: Invoking 'C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSDepend\0.3.8\PSDependScripts\PSGalleryModule.ps1' with parameters

Name Value

'---- -----

Dependency @{DependencyFile=Hashtable; DependencyName=FormatsToProcess; DependencyType=PSGallery... PSDependAction {Install, Import}

VERBOSE: Getting dependency [FormatsToProcess] from PowerShell repository [PSGallery] VERBOSE: Installing [FormatsToProcess] with scope [AllUsers]

Any ideas on what is going on here?