[Bug]: Build failed. Properties, Items, and Target results cannot be obtained. See details in stderr above.

[nojaf]

Issue Description

I'm trying to get the values of the ReferencePathWithRefAssemblies after a dotnet restore

Steps to Reproduce

• Clone https://github.com/nojaf/telplin
• Update global.json to 8 RC 2
• cd src/Telplin
• dotnet restore --getProperty:ReferencePathWithRefAssemblies

Expected Behavior

I'm not sure this property exists, this is a bit of a hunch at this point.
At the very least, it should not error I think.

I'm having the same problem with dotnet restore -f --getTargetResult:Restore

Actual Behavior

Build failed. Properties, Items, and Target results cannot be obtained. See details in stderr above.

Analysis

I'm trying to get the resolved assemblies that are invoking dotnet restore.

Versions & Configurations

dotnet --version

8.0.100-rc.2.23502.2

dotnet msbuild --version

MSBuild version 17.8.0+6cdef4241 for .NET
17.8.0.47204

[rainersigwald]

This looks pretty interesting, but the first thing that jumps out at me is dotnet restore --getProperty is a bit unusual, since it'll specify targets to build (that's how restore is done) and also request that property.

Was there any output to stderr?

This isn't a good error experience, which we should look at--but if you describe what you want in slightly more detail we may be able to help you out.

[rainersigwald]

cc @Forgind, @baronfel

[nojaf]

There was no additional output:

Although, I guess I might need some additional flags to see this?

[rainersigwald]

you shouldn't!

[baronfel]

Can you add -bl to that invocation and see if there are any more error details in the binlog?

[nojaf]

msbuild.binlog.zip

There are no errors in the bin log at first glance.

[Forgind]

Ok; I think I figured out what went wrong here. If you restore only (0 other targets), it skips adding the ProvideProjectStateAfterBuild flag. I'll look into how to resolve that momentarily.

[nojaf]

Thanks everyone!