Can't install prerelease with >= contraint

[304NotModified]

Description

I can't update my package to a prerelease version.

Repro steps

1.run paket update nuget Core version 9.7-PRimageresizeal-r329 (this is a private feed)

Expected behavior

I could update a package to a prerelease version larger than 8.0

Actual behavior

I get the error:

Resolving packages for group Main:
 - Core is pinned to 9.7-PRimageresizeal-r327
 - MVC 9.1.0
   Incompatible dependency: Core >= 8.0 conflicts with resolved version 9.7-PRimageresizeal-r327
   Incompatible dependency: Core >= 8.0 conflicts with resolved version 9.7-PRimageresizeal-r327
 - MVC 9.0.0
   Incompatible dependency: Core >= 8.0 conflicts with resolved version 9.7-PRimageresizeal-r327

I don't get it. 9.7-PRimageresizeal-r327 >= 8.0?
Also tried creating a package with 9.7.0-PRimageresizeal-r327, same result

notes: Updating to 9.6 (non-prerelease) works.

Paket version 5.2.5

Known workarounds

None. Tried also updating the paket.dependencies with the fixed prerelease version, same error

Thanks in advance!

[forki]

can you try newer paket version?

[304NotModified]

with Paket version 5.6.10, almost the same issue: can't install it

Tried 9.7-PRimageresizeal-r329 and 9.7.0-PRimageresizeal-r329

paket update Core --version 9.7-PRimageresizeal-r329
Paket version 5.6.10
Updating Core to version 9.7-PRimageresizeal-r329 in C:\project\paket.dependencies group Main
Performance:
 - Runtime: 1 second
Paket failed with:
-> Version 9.7-PRimageresizeal-r329 doesn't match the version requirement >= 9.0 < 10.0 for package Core that was specified in paket.dependencies
paket update Core --version 9.7.0-PRimageresizeal-r329
Paket version 5.6.10
Updating Core to version 9.7.0-PRimageresizeal-r329 in C:\project\paket.dependencies group Main
Performance:
 - Runtime: 1 second
Paket failed with:
-> Version 9.7.0-PRimageresizeal-r329 doesn't match the version requirement >= 9.0 < 10.0 for package Core that was specified in paket.dependencies
paket --version
Paket version 5.6.10

[forki]

Ok I think I need a repro.

[304NotModified]

I will try an older paket first. It worked and I spent already to much time in installing a package.

[304NotModified]

mmm even with Paket 4 it won't work.

Tried also constrains like ~> 9, >= 9, <10, > 9.6, < 9.7, all of them won't match the version requirement with "9.7-PRimageresizeal-r329". Tried also "9.7-PRimageresizeal" as package name, the same.

What's the official way to denote a prelease version?

[forki]

does the following line in the deps file work:

 nuget Core == 9.7-PRimageresizeal-r329

?

[304NotModified]

 nuget Core 9.7-PRimageresizeal-r329

works, but then it got stuck somewhere else als the requirement in a dependency is >= 8

[forki]

that's why I asked for ==

[304NotModified]

same as without ==.

Tried now 9.7-beta1 (renamed the package),

got then:

Incompatible dependency: Core >= 8.0 conflicts with resolved version 9.7-beta1

[forki]

What about nuget Core prerelease ?

[304NotModified]

yes that works!

[304NotModified]

for 9.7-beta1 it worked, but not for 9.7-PRtexttemplated-r284

it works for the latest Paket 5.6.10, not Paket 5.2.5

[forki]

OK that are 2 issues now. Give me a sec - I will try something.

But I guess at least you have a workaround for now, right?

[forki]

just for confirmation:

nuget Core 9.7-beta1 did not work
nuget Core prerelease did work

?

[304NotModified]

OK that are 2 issues now. Give me a sec - I will try something.

I think it's one issue, updated mu post.

But I guess at least you have a workaround for now, right?

Yes, thanks!

[304NotModified]

just for confirmation:

nuget Core 9.7-beta1 did not work
nuget Core prerelease did work

?

Indeed

To be complete:

this works: (in paket.dependencies)

• nuget Core prerelease

this won't (in paket.dependencies)

• nuget Core 9.7-beta1 - error in dependency, >=8.0
• nuget Core == 9.7-beta1 - error in dependency, >=8.0
• nuget Core ~> 9.6 - 9.7-beta1 not in 9.6 - 10
• nuget Core ~> 9 - 9.7-beta1 not in 9 - 10
• nuget Core >= 9 - 9.7-beta1 not in 9 - 10
• nuget Core < 10 - 9.7-beta1 not in < 10
• nuget Core <= 10- 9.7-beta1 not in <= 10

While doing:

paket update nuget Core version 9.7-beta1

[forki]

ok this is really weird.

I just tried with @Stift's repro from #2471

it has

source Externals/NugetStore

nuget PackageA
nuget PackageB 1.0.11204-custom

and I tried:

paket.exe update nuget PackageB --version 1.0.11204-custom

and it worked with latest paket. Can you spot the difference?

[304NotModified]

"nuget PackageB 1.0.11204-custom" could work depending of PackageA.

I'm my repo PackageA has dependency PackageB >= 1.0

[forki]

NUGET
  remote: Externals/NugetStore
    PackageA (1.0.11250)
      PackageB (>= 1.0 < 2.0)
    PackageB (1.0.11204-custom)

[304NotModified]

maybe it was the issue that the .lock file was in the old format. I see a lot has been changed. Will try to test that

[304NotModified]

does nuget PackageB ~> 1.0 work for

paket.exe update nuget PackageB --version 1.0.11204-custom

?

[forki]

no you need to specify in the deps file that you want a prerelease.
This can be dpne with either:

nuget PackageB 1.0.11204-custom

or

nuget PackageB prerelease

[304NotModified]

nuget PackageB ~> 1.0 prelease is also not supported?

[forki]

nuget PackageB ~> 1.0 prelease should work

[304NotModified]

OK, will test that today. Thanks!

[jamescrowley]

Is there any way around this without updating the paket.dependencies file? Just hit this today too.

[forki]

@jamescrowley you hit what exactly?

[jamescrowley]

We have a paket.dependencies file that said:

nuget FundApps.RulePackage.TestApi >= 1.0.34196

and sometimes as part of our build process, we do

.paket\paket.exe update FundApps.RulePackage.TestApi --version 1.0.35691-beta

to test against a beta version, which now fails with

Version 1.0.35691-beta doesn't match the version requirement >= 1.0.34196 for package FundApps.RulePackage.TestApi that was specified in paket.dependencies

Checking with the team, looks like we bumped the version of paket a while back which has probably broken this. Still broken on the latest version of paket.

Is this expected behaviour now, or a bug?

[jamescrowley]

We bumped from version 3.6.0, which probably isn't that helpful.... (!)

[forki]

mmm I guess it's expected because it conflicts the deps file.