Regression: VCProj failed with "Unable to parse ProjectReference"

[tommysu]

Description

Please provide a succinct description of your issue.

We updated to 2.63.2.0 from 2.54.0.0 and our vcproj with references to boost is failing to parse.

Paket failed with:
unable to parse ProjectReference
StackTrace:
at Paket.ProjectFileModule.forceGetInnerText@1061-5.Invoke(String message)
at Paket.ProjectFileModule.getInterProjectDependencies@1063.GenerateNext(IEnumerable1& next) at Microsoft.FSharp.Core.CompilerServices.GeneratedSequenceBase1.MoveNextImpl()
at Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.SeqModule.ToList[T](IEnumerable1 source) at Paket.InstallProcess.dependencies@206-11[a](GroupName groupName, FSharpFunc2 findDependencies, Dictionary2 projectCache, Dictionary2 dependencyGraph, Dictionary2 referenceFiles, ProjectFile projectFile) at Paket.InstallProcess.applyBindingRedirects@223-3.Invoke(ProjectFile projectFile) at Paket.BindingRedirects.applyBindingRedirectsToFolder@166.Invoke(ProjectFile projectFile) at Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.SeqModule.Iterate[T](FSharpFunc2 action, IEnumerable1 source) at Paket.InstallProcess.InstallIntoProjects(InstallerOptions options, Boolean forceTouch, DependenciesFile dependenciesFile, LockFile lockFile, FSharpList1 projectsAndReferences)
at Paket.UpdateProcess.SmartInstall(DependenciesFile dependenciesFile, UpdateMode updateMode, UpdaterOptions options)
at <StartupCode$Paket-Core>.$PublicAPI.Install@170.Invoke(Unit unitVar0)
at Paket.Utils.RunInLockedAccessMode[a](String rootFolder, FSharpFunc2 action) at Paket.Program.handler@340-11.Invoke(ParseResults1 results)
at Paket.Program.processWithValidation[T](FSharpFunc2 validateF, FSharpFunc2 commandF, Command command, String[] args)
at Paket.Program.processCommand@61-1.Invoke(Command command, String[] args)
at Paket.Program.main()

Repro steps

Please provide the steps required to reproduce the problem

1. Create a vcproj with 2.54..0.0 with native project reference to Boost
2. run paket install
3. Build
4. Upgrade to 2.63.2.0
5. run paket install

Expected behavior

paket install to run correctly

Actual behavior

Error on paket install that "Unable to parse ProjectReference"

Known workarounds

Go back to the older version

Related information

• Operating system
  Windows 10
• Branch
• .NET Runtime, CoreCLR or Mono Version
  .net 4.6
• Performance information, links to performance testing scripts

[forki]

can you send me such a broken csproj file?

[acmore]

Hi it's not necessary c# project. Seems that paket cannot parse the project reference. Here is a sample repo.

TestPaket.zip

[forki]

I can't reproduce with the zip. What do I need to do exactly?

[konste]

Typically "Paket Install" was crashing. We figured undocumented (?) --Verbose option, and it gives us call stack at the time of the crash. What else can we do to get more specific information about the caus of the problem?

[forki]

How can I reproduce that with the zip? install works for me

[konste]

New repro created (attached). I think the culprit is that referenced project is a static library.
UnableToParseProjectReference.zip

[konste]

I don't know what Paket is trying to do with the Project reference, but in this case it is used solely to establish project build order and I believe may be safely ignored by paket. Just don't crash on it.

[forki]

I can reproduce. thanks