Version Converter 4.222.2 trying to call powershell.exe in Linux (Ubuntu 20.04)

[pjcunningham]

𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗴 Compiling a XAF 22.2.4 project on Linux

dotnet publish -c Release -p:PublishProfile=FolderProfile

results in the following error:

/home/paul/.nuget/packages/xpand.versionconverter/4.222.2/build/Xpand.VersionConverter.targets(4,9): error : /usr/bin/sh: 2: /tmp/MSBuildTemppaul/tmpf93ba13ebd1b4688bc956d2cdab1c6dd.exec.cmd: powershell.exe: not found [/home/paul/www/test.example.com/Test.Blazor.Server/Test.Blazor.Server.csproj]
/home/paul/.nuget/packages/xpand.versionconverter/4.222.2/build/Xpand.VersionConverter.targets(4,9): error MSB3073: The command "powershell.exe –NonInteractive –ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted –command "& { &'/home/paul/.nuget/packages/xpand.versionconverter/4.222.2/build/\Xpand.VersionConverter.ps1' '/home/paul/www/test.example.com/Test.Blazor.Server/Test.Blazor.Server.csproj' '' '' '' ''  '/home/paul/www/test.example.com/Test.Blazor.Server/bin/Release/net6.0/' } " " exited with code 127. [/home/paul/www/test.example.com/Test.Blazor.Server/Test.Blazor.Server.csproj]

𝗧𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲

1. Windows: Create a new XAF project using the wizard
2. Windows: Add Xpand nuget packages to project, (Xpand.XAF.Web.All, Xpand.XAF.Core.All)
3. Copy project to Linux and try and compile.

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿 The project to compile

[apobekiaris]

I guess the fastest thing is to edit VersionConverter.ps1 and remove its contents

[pjcunningham]

Thanks for getting back.

Except powershell.exe is being referenced in many (if not all) Xpand package *.targets files. I deleted all of them using the command below and now my project compiles.

cd ~/.nuget/packages
find . -path "*xpand*" -name "*.targets" -delete

Can they be removed from the sources?

[apobekiaris]

what is your suggestion? the build is designed to run on a windows machine

[apobekiaris]

unfortunately i do not use or develop on linux thus testing your suggestion is very cost consuming for me. I can however merge any PR that contains a fix and test it that does not interfere with the windows build. So feel free to PR

[apobekiaris]

to make it clear we cannot remove the targets they are there for a reason, we can conditionally skip them on Linux hoping for the best.

[pjcunningham]

I develop and test XAF Blazor apps on Windows but use Linux for production.

Can you tell me (briefly) what the purpose of the *.targets are for and I can research whether skipping them on Linux (production build only) has any undesirable outcome and possibly find alternative syntax for you.

[apobekiaris]

as you can see the CopySymbols.ps1 currently explicitly copies the pdb files to the bin and fixes microsoft.cognitiveservices.speech c# binding. However please note that the scirpts are a powerful tool we have to do anything when a project is build. Therefore instead of using native msbuild commands I chose powershell which is easier to debug and develop. So what we looking is somethid like a smart way to run powershell on Linux or skip it. Note that pscore is platform agnostic however I chose the standard version to avoid depdendencies.

Nothing is that simple as it looks there is a history of cases we have to consider but in any case i am open to suggestion and will post my thoughts considerations then

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Closing issue for age. Feel free to reopen it at any time.

.Thank you for your contribution.