sdk: Specifying both -f ... and -r ... to dotnet build fails to restore if multiple frameworks are present in the project file

Describe the bug

Repro:

$ dotnet new maui
$ dotnet build -f:net6.0-ios -r ios-arm64
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 17.0.0-preview-21477-04+3a1e456fe for .NET
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

  Determining projects to restore...
/usr/local/share/dotnet/packs/Microsoft.MacCatalyst.Sdk/15.0.101-preview.10.54/targets/Xamarin.Shared.Sdk.targets(1138,3): error : The RuntimeIdentifier 'ios-arm64' is invalid. [/Users/rolf/test/dotnet/maui/maui.csproj]

The problem is that it’s trying to restore the net6.0-maccatalyst framework from the project file using the ios-arm64 RuntimeIdentifier, which fails, because ios-arm64 is not a valid RuntimeIdentifier for Mac Catalyst.

It seems that the implicit restore by “dotnet build” does not take into account the specified -f value (or takes into account the -r value when it shouldn’t).

Binlog: msbuild.binlog.zip

Further technical details

dotnet --info 
$ dotnet --info
.NET SDK (reflecting any global.json):
 Version:   6.0.100-rtm.21477.21
 Commit:    690faf288e

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Mac OS X
 OS Version:  11.6
 OS Platform: Darwin
 RID:         osx.11.0-x64
 Base Path:   /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.100-rtm.21477.21/

Host (useful for support):
  Version: 6.0.0-rtm.21477.8
  Commit:  a7e9f9fb23

.NET SDKs installed:
  2.0.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  2.1.504 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  2.1.700 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  2.1.810 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  2.2.107 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  2.2.203 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  2.2.204 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  3.0.100 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  3.1.100 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  3.1.200 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  3.1.201 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  3.1.402 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-dev [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.1.20155.7 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.3.20170.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.4.20212.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.4.20214.36 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.5.20223.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.5.20227.16 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.5.20256.10 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.5.20263.11 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.6.20265.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.6.20269.4 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.7.20307.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.7.20317.11 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-preview.8.20359.11 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-rc.1.20411.10 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-rc.1.20414.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-rc.1.20426.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-rc.2.20459.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-rc.2.20480.7 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.100-rtm.20509.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.102 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.200 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  5.0.202 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-alpha.1.20554.10 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-alpha.1.20559.4 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-alpha.1.21060.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-alpha.1.21062.17 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.1.21081.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.1.21103.13 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.2.21114.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.2.21153.28 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.2.21155.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.3.21202.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.4.21215.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.4.21218.6 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.4.21226.14 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.4.21255.9 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.5.21302.13 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.5.21303.17 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.5.21308.63 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.6.21280.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.6.21308.62 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.6.21309.26 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.6.21328.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.7.21362.12 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-preview.7.21364.4 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-rc.1.21405.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-rc.1.21458.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-rc.2.21420.30 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]
  6.0.100-rtm.21477.21 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk]

.NET runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.8 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.11 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.22 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.4 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.2.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.8 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.11 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.22 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.4 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.2.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.0.0 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.0 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 3.1.8 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.1.20124.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.3.20170.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.3.20170.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.4.20211.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.4.20214.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.5.20223.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.5.20227.11 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.5.20255.6 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.6.20265.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.6.20269.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.7.20307.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.7.20311.11 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-preview.8.20359.6 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-rc.1.20405.9 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-rc.1.20424.9 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-rc.2.20458.13 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-rc.2.20475.17 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.0-rtm.20508.30 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 5.0.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-alpha.1.20526.6 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-alpha.1.21059.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-alpha.1.21062.14 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.1.21078.4 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.1.21103.6 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.2.21112.17 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.2.21125.25 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.2.21154.6 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.3.21201.13 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.4.21213.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.4.21222.16 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.4.21253.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.5.21217.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.5.21301.17 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.6.21277.6 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.6.21306.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.6.21325.10 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.7.21360.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-preview.7.21363.16 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-rc.1.21404.11 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-rc.1.21452.15 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-rc.2.21419.24 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0-rtm.21477.22 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.8 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.11 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.13 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.14 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.17 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.22 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.4 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.2.7 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.0.0 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.0.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.0 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 3.1.8 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.1.20120.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.3.20169.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.4.20210.10 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.4.20214.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.5.20223.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.5.20227.8 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.5.20253.7 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.6.20263.7 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.6.20264.1 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.7.20306.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.7.20317.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-preview.8.20358.9 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-rc.1.20404.16 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-rc.1.20425.16 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-rc.2.20454.25 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-rc.2.20475.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.0-rtm.20508.7 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 5.0.5 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.0-alpha.1.20553.9 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.0-alpha.1.20557.2 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.0-alpha.1.21059.3 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.0-alpha.1.21061.20 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.0-preview.7.21360.10 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.0-rc.1.21403.13 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.0-rc.1.21451.13 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.0-rc.2.21420.10 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.0-rtm.21477.8 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]

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  https://aka.ms/dotnet-download

About this issue

  • Original URL
  • State: open
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Reactions: 10
  • Comments: 36 (19 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

I’m sorry but all of this is just bullsh… from changing plural to singular, deleting this file, this folder, adding and removing it from your csproj. And all of it only changes the error message you get, without you having a clue on what’s going on. Trial and error until you succeed or until you notice you just wasted tons of hours. If you look at the official documentation on how to publish an iOS app, you see NONE of all of that is necessary. It says run this command and it should work. It does not. But it isn’t my or your job to figure out whats the problem and how to solve it. I’ve already wasted enough hours on this. I just copied the whole project on my macbook and successfully compiled it on the mac with just a single command and now I’m done. I thought that with how old Xamarin is these basic things would be kinda stable and very well tested, now I wish that I’d have chosen something different if it wasn’t too late for that.

+2
Symbai on Jun 6, 2022

Same thing happens with dotnet publish: https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-macios/issues/14015

+1
rolfbjarne on Feb 2, 2022

I found that restore is what causes this problem.

So you can workaround by doing something like:

$ dotnet new maui
$ dotnet restore
$ dotnet build -f net6.0-ios -r ios-arm64 --no-restore
$ dotnet build -f net6.0-android -r android-arm64 --no-restore
+1
jonathanpeppers on Feb 2, 2022
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