Produce outputs on build is removed from RC2 and PostCompile does not work as expected

[StefH]

In RC1 (dnx) you could check the option "Produce outputs on build" which creates a NuGet after the build.

However in RC2 (dotnet) this does not work anymore, and the postcompile cannot be use for that.

I've defined this in my project.json:

"scripts": {
        "postcompile": [ "dotnet pack --no-build --version-suffix %project:Version% project.json" ]
    },

However this step is executed for every framework in my projoct.json ?

1>      0 Error(s)
1>  Time elapsed 00:00:01.9413921
1>   (The compilation time can be improved. Run "dotnet build --build-profile" for more information)
1>  Project Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core (.NETStandard,Version=v1.4) will be compiled because project is not safe for incremental compilation. Use --build-profile flag for more information.
1>  Compiling Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core for .NETStandard,Version=v1.4
1>  Producing nuget package "Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core.1.0.2-1.0.2" for Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core
1>  Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core -> C:\Projects\GitHub\Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core\src\Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core\bin\Debug\Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core.1.0.2-1.0.2.nupkg
1>  Producing nuget package "Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core.1.0.2-1.0.2.symbols" for Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core
1>  Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core -> C:\Projects\GitHub\Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core\src\Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core\bin\Debug\Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core.1.0.2-1.0.2.symbols.nupkg
1>  Compilation succeeded.
1>      0 Warning(s)
1>      0 Error(s)
1>  Time elapsed 00:00:01.9015257
1>   (The compilation time can be improved. Run "dotnet build --build-profile" for more information)
1>  Project Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core (.NETStandard,Version=v1.5) will be compiled because project is not safe for incremental compilation. Use --build-profile flag for more information.
1>  Compiling Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core for .NETStandard,Version=v1.5
1>  Producing nuget package "Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core.1.0.2-1.0.2" for Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core
1>  Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core -> C:\Projects\GitHub\Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core\src\Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core\bin\Debug\Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core.1.0.2-1.0.2.nupkg
1>  Producing nuget package "Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core.1.0.2-1.0.2.symbols" for Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core
1>  Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core -> C:\Projects\GitHub\Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core\src\Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core\bin\Debug\Linq.PropertyTranslator.Core.1.0.2-1.0.2.symbols.nupkg
1>  Compilation succeeded.
1>      0 Warning(s)
1>      0 Error(s)
1>  Time elapsed 00:00:01.9287423

[MarcoMiltenburg]

Instead of "postcompile" you should use "postpublish" or "postbuild" (if you'd like the package(s) to be created after each build).

[DazFahy]

postbuild is not working in RC2, it never gets executed whereas postcompile does

[Mertsch]

Yes, sadly postbuild does nothing. A possible workaround is to edit your .xproj file and add

<Target Name="AfterBuild">
  <Exec Command="dotnet pack"/>
</Target>

[StefH]

Maybe not that strange...

In the future all these things will maybe move to csproj so no worries...

[takazm]

Any fix for this yet?

[TheRealPiotrP]

@StefH had this right :) Preview3 moves this behavior to csproj and lets us use msbuild for build orchestration. Pack itself is now a target, making this sort of chaining even easier.