Home: dotnet pack doesn't build when "Generate NuGet Pkg on Build"

[nguerrera]

_From @robertmuehsig on October 29, 2017 21:28_

The documentation tells me that "dotnet pack" should build the project (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-pack?tabs=netcore2x)

Unfortunatly this behaviour is missing if I enable the "create nuget package on build":

When I now execute dotnet pack, it fails:

Repo steps:

• Create a new .NET Core Lib
• Enable "Generate NuGet Package on build"
• run "dotnet pack" inside the lib folder

_Copied from original issue: dotnet/sdk#1698_

[anangaur]

"Generate NuGet Package on build" is a build property and dotnet build should create the NuGet package by calling pack target in MSBuild.

dotnet pack should just work with/without the "Generate NuGet Package on build" property

[anangaur]

Tried the scenario now and it indeed is a bug.

1. Do not set "Generate NuGet Package on build" property and dotnet pack works fine
2. Set the property and dotnet pack does not work.

[jp2masa]

This is likely by design (https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/blob/dev/src/NuGet.Core/NuGet.Build.Tasks.Pack/Pack.targets#L38), probably adding Build as a target dependency causes a circular dependency (after Build, Pack is called, which would call Build).
Anyway, this is definitely a bug and it can probably be fixed.

[jainaashish]

closing it by design

[Inrego]

At the very least, the documentation of dotnet pack should be updated to make this behavior clear.

[unitrix0]

agreed https://github.com/dotnet/docs/issues/22097