feature: installing mono pre-ubuntu24 steps for smoke tests #28611
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Pull Request Overview
This PR adds a temporary workaround for mono installation issues in smoke tests on Ubuntu 24+ hosted containers, where mono is no longer bundled by default but is required for NuGet.exe functionality.
- Adds conditional mono installation for Linux agents in Azure DevOps pipeline
- Uses bash task to check for mono availability and installs mono-complete package if missing
- Ensures NuGet operations continue to work in smoke test pipeline
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| command -v mono >/dev/null || { | ||
| echo "Mono not found, installing..."; | ||
| sudo apt-get update -qq && sudo apt-get install -y mono-complete; | ||
| } |
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The compound command uses semicolons which can lead to unexpected behavior if any command fails. Consider using proper error handling with separate conditional blocks or adding set -e to ensure the script fails fast on any error.
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Description
This is a temp fix for the issue of mono no longer being bundled with Ubuntu (as of version 24) on Microsoft hosted containers.
A longer term fix will follow, using this guidance: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/reference/nuget-command-v2?view=azure-pipelines&tabs=windows#support-for-newer-ubuntu-hosted-images
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