Nuget Restore Problem with Xunit project for ASP.NET Core controllers with deps

[dpbevin]

Installed Software

• VS 2015 Update 3
• .NET Core 1.0.1 Tools Preview 2.0.2
• Nuget 3.5 RC 1

I'm having an issue restoring nuget packages for an xunt project testing ASP.NET Core controllers (that targets net452).

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open the attached ZIP file
2. Ensure all project.lock.json files are deleted
3. Open a command prompt and CD to the solution folder
4. Run "nuget restore DepTesting.sln" and see you get the following error

Unable to resolve DepLibrary for .NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2.

The attached solution contains:

• an ASP.NET Core Web App targeting net452 with a referenced net452 library (DepLibrary)
• an xunit project to test the controllers of the web app

AspNetCoreDepTesting.zip

Have I done something stupid or is this a real problem?

Diagnostics

I originally had this problem on a build agent, so I've posted as much of the TFS logs (with "system.debug" set to true) as possible in the attached nugetrestorebuild.txt file.

nugetrestorebuild.txt

Update

I've reproduced the problem locally using only the attached zip file and nuget.exe. Previously the repro steps included TFS.

[dpbevin]

Potentially related to #741

[ChristianSacramento]

@dpbevin @davidfowl

With nuget create the spec file for depLibrary.dll

Edit the spec file

Create nuget package

Delete the reference from WithDepWebSite

Install the new package DepLibrary.nupkg from your local nuget repository

Run "nuget restore DepTesting.sln"

It works!

[MichaelGiger]

Potentially related to https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/3199#issuecomment-256876889