Publish-PSResource for a module does not seem to respect ExternalModuleDependencies

[jamie-oconnell]

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Steps to reproduce

Trying to Publish a module to an internal hosted repo that has an ExternalModuleDependencies array included. The contained Dependencies are not skipped and cannot be resolved as they are not available in the internal repo.

Publish-PSResource -Path .\src\Test.Entra\ -Repository Test -Verbose -Debug

@{
    RootModule = 'Test.Entra.psm1'
    ModuleVersion = '0.0.0'
    CompatiblePSEditions = 'Desktop', 'Core'
    GUID = '81286142-e568-4d75-9559-de88923f27df'
    Author = 'User'
    CompanyName = 'Test'
    Copyright = '(c) Test. All rights reserved.'
    Description = 'Test'
    PowerShellVersion = '5.1'
    RequiredModules = @(
        @{"ModuleName" = "Microsoft.Graph.Authentication"; "ModuleVersion" = "2.10.0"}
    )
    FunctionsToExport = @("Test")
    CmdletsToExport = '*'
    VariablesToExport = '*'
    AliasesToExport = '*'
    PrivateData = @{
        PSData = @{
            ExternalModuleDependencies = @("Microsoft.Graph.Authentication")
        }
    }
}

Tested with a nuget V2 repo and ACR.

Expected behavior

Expect Microsoft.Graph.Authentication dependency to be skipped as it is included in ExternalModuleDependencies. Testing with PowerShellGet via Publish-Module the same Module manifest works correctly and debug logs show dependency was skipped.

Actual behavior

DEBUG: In PublishHelper::CreateNuspec()
DEBUG: In PublishHelper::ParseRequiredModules()
VERBOSE: The newly created nuspec is: C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\f6e29d91-a313-477e-bc71-2b6be7ad52c8\Test.Entra.nuspec
DEBUG: In PublishHelper::PackNupkg()
VERBOSE: Successfully packed the resource into a .nupkg
DEBUG: In PublishHelper::CheckDependenciesExist()
DEBUG: In FindHelper::FindByResourceName()
DEBUG: Parameters passed in >>> Name: 'Microsoft.Graph.Authentication'; ResourceType: 'Module'; VersionRange: '2.10.0'; NuGetVersion: '2.10.0'; VersionType: 'SpecificVersion'; Version: '2.10.0'; Prerelease: 'True'; Tag: ''; Repository: 'Test'; IncludeDependencies 'False'
DEBUG: Searching through repository 'Test'
DEBUG: In FindHelper::SearchByNames()
DEBUG: Exact version and package name are specified
DEBUG: In V2ServerAPICalls::FindVersion()
DEBUG: In V2ServerAPICalls::HttpRequestCall()
DEBUG: Request url is 'http://localhost:9011//FindPackagesById()?$filter=Id+eq+%27Microsoft.Graph.Authentication%27+and+NormalizedVersion+eq+%272.10.0%27+and+substringof(%27PSScript%27%2c+Tags)+eq+false&$inlinecount=allpages&id=%27Microsoft.Graph.Authentication%27'
DEBUG: Response is empty
VERBOSE: 'Response status code does not indicate success: 404 (Not Found).' Request sent: 'http://localhost:9011//FindPackagesById()?$filter=Id+eq+%27Microsoft.Graph.Authentication%27+and+NormalizedVersion+eq+%272.10.0%27+and+substringof(%27PSScript%27%2c+Tags)+eq+false&$inlinecount=allpages&id=%27Microsoft.Graph.Authentication%27'
Publish-PSResource: Dependency 'Microsoft.Graph.Authentication' was not found in repository 'Test'.  Make sure the dependency is published to the repository before publish this module.
VERBOSE: Deleting temporary directory 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\f6e29d91-a313-477e-bc71-2b6be7ad52c8'

Error details

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Environment data

ModuleType Version    PreRelease Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ---------- ----                                ----------------
Binary     1.1.0      rc3        Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet  {Compress-PSResource, Find-PSResource, Get-InstalledPSResource, Get-PSResourceRepository…}
 
Key   : PSVersion
Value : 7.4.6
Name  : PSVersion
 
 
Key   : PSEdition
Value : Core
Name  : PSEdition
 
 
Key   : GitCommitId
Value : 7.4.6
Name  : GitCommitId
 
 
Key   : OS
Value : Microsoft Windows 10.0.22631
Name  : OS
 
 
Key   : Platform
Value : Win32NT
Name  : Platform
 
 
Key   : PSCompatibleVersions
Value : {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
Name  : PSCompatibleVersions
 
 
Key   : PSRemotingProtocolVersion
Value : 2.3
Name  : PSRemotingProtocolVersion
 
 
Key   : SerializationVersion
Value : 1.1.0.1
Name  : SerializationVersion
 
 
Key   : WSManStackVersion
Value : 3.0
Name  : WSManStackVersion

Visuals

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[Marc013]

I'm experiencing this problem as well.
It would be great if any module listed in ExternalModuleDependencies would be skipped during validation, regardless of whether it is also listed in RequiredModules.

However, when installing the module by using the Install-PSResource cmdlet, a warning should be displayed if the module(s) listed in ExternalModuleDependencies are not present.

[SydneyhSmith]

Related/dupe of #1810

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