[NativeAOT] LNK1181: cannot open input file / Code 1181

[Symbai]

I'm using VS 2022 and I have Desktop C++ package installed. I have a DLL project with literally nothing in it. Trying to publish always errors with:
dotnet publish /p:NativeLib=Shared -c Release --self-contained -r win-x64

LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'Version=13.0.0.0,' [C:\Users\User\Documents\Test.File\Test.File.csproj]
C:\Users\User\.nuget\packages\microsoft.dotnet.ilcompiler\7.0.0-alpha.1.21570.2\build\Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets(360,5): error MSB3073: The command ""C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Preview\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.31.30818\bin\Hostx64\x64\link.exe "@" obj\Release\net6.0\win-x64\native\link.rsp"" exited with code 1181.

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
    <PlatformTarget>x64</PlatformTarget>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.ILCompiler" Version="7.0.0-*" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Test.File
{
    public class Class1
    {
        [UnmanagedCallersOnly(EntryPoint = "Test")]
        public static IntPtr Test()
        {
            IntPtr sumPointer = Marshal.StringToHGlobalAnsi("");
            return sumPointer;
        }
    }
}

Trying to publish without --self-contained results in:
error NETSDK1102: Assembly sizing is not supported for the selected publishing configuration. Make sure to publish a standalone app.

[Symbai]

If I downgrade the IlCompiler version to 6.0.0-rc.1.21420.1 I can successfully build it. But the sample project here in this repo is also targeting .net6 and IlCompiler version 7.0.0-*. Is the sample outdated or is this a bug in newer IlCompiler version?

[jkotas]

cannot open input file 'Version=13.0.0.0,'

Could plese you open obj\Release\net6.0\win-x64\native\link.rsp in the text editor and check where the Version=13.0.0.0 string is coming from?

Do the instructions from https://github.com/dotnet/runtimelab/tree/feature/NativeAOT/samples/NativeLibrary work for you? The publish line from those instructions is dotnet publish /p:NativeLib=Shared /p:SelfContained=true -c Release -r win-x64. Note that --self-contained does not have the same effect as /p:SelfContained=true.

[Symbai]

It comes from Newtonsoft.Json but I don't reference/use this library at all 🤔

LIBPATH: "Send-VsDevShellTelemetry: The file or assembly" Newtonsoft.Json, Version = 13.0.0.0, Culture = neutral, "
/ LIBPATH: "PublicKeyToken = 30ad4fe6b2a6aeed" or a dependency on it was not found. The system can use the specified "
/ LIBPATH: "Cannot find file."
/ LIBPATH: "In line: 1 character: 168"
/ LIBPATH: "+ ... udio.DevShell.dll '"
/ LIBPATH: "Send-VsDevShellTelemetry -NewInstanceType Cmd"
/ LIBPATH: "}}"
/ LIBPATH: "+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "
/ LIBPATH: "+ CategoryInfo: NotSpecified: (:) [Send-VsDevShellTelemetry], FileNotFoundException"
/ LIBPATH: "+ FullyQualifiedErrorId: System.IO.FileNotFoundException, Microsoft.VisualStudio.DevShell.Commands.SendVsDevShellT"
/ LIBPATH: "elemetryCommand"

Using exactly this line has no effect, it produces the same error: dotnet publish /p:NativeLib=Shared /p:SelfContained=true -c Release -r win-x64

[jkotas]

It looks like another manifestation of dotnet/runtime#60061.

Can you try setting VSCMD_SKIP_SENDTELEMETRY=1 in your environment?

[Symbai]

Yep that did the trick. Not sure why it only happens with version 7.0.0-* and with a lower version not. From the referenced issue it sounds like a VS bug?

[jkotas]

Yes, it is VS bug that will be fixed in the next VS update.

[jkotas]

Yep that did the trick. Not sure why it only happens with version 7.0.0-*

The older versions did not look for VS 2022. They used VS 2019 that did not have this bug.