Cannot Publish neon project. Build fails, neon.dll missing.

[Agouri]

As the title says, a virgin, fresh copy of this repo fails to build and Publish. Nothing changed in it.

The error:

1>------ Build started: Project: neon, Configuration: Release Any CPU ------
1>neon -> C:\Users\Dimitris\Downloads\neo_compiler_latest\neo-compiler-master\neon\bin\Release\netcoreapp1.0\neon.dll
2>------ Publish started: Project: neon, Configuration: Release Any CPU ------
2>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\Roslyn\csc.exe /noconfig /unsafe+ /checked- /nowarn:1701,1702,1705,2008 /nostdlib+ /platform:anycpu /errorreport:prompt /* About a million other /settings here */
2>Could not copy the file "obj\Release\netcoreapp1.0\win10-x64\neon.dll" because it was not found.
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
========== Publish: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========

I've found neon.dll under \neo-compiler-master\neon\bin\Release\netcoreapp1.0\, but it's looking for it in obj\Release\netcoreapp1.0\win10-x64\. Maybe an error in the manifest?

[tvance929]

Mine builds fine if I build out each project one at a time, but will not Publish or at least I get an error. (However I do have neon.exe here: bin\Release\netcoreapp1.0\win10-x64)

I see this in the output - although these are just warnings:

My tmp file says:

1/14/2018 11:05:00 AM
System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> System.Exception: Publishing failed.
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.ThrowIfExceptional(Boolean includeTaskCanceledExceptions)
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Wait(Int32 millisecondsTimeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ApplicationCapabilities.Publish.Model.DefaultPublishSteps.<>c__DisplayClass22_0.b__1()
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ApplicationCapabilities.Publish.Model.DefaultPublishSteps.d__19.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.ApplicationCapabilities.Publish.ViewModel.ProfileSelectorViewModel.d__108.MoveNext()
---> (Inner Exception #0) System.Exception: Publishing failed.<---

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[Agouri]

@tvance929 Same warnings here too, but I think these have nothing to do with failure to publish. They're just warnings.

[tvance929]

OK so the docs tell you to just go ahead and manually copy that dll file to the "neon\obj\Release\netcoreapp1.0\win10-x64" folder ...did that and now I published fine. Thanks @Agouri for pointing out that it was missing the neon.dll file.

From : http://docs.neo.org/en-us/sc/getting-started-csharp.html

[NeoParticle]

use command prompt and navigate to neon folder.
type "dotnet publish -c release -r win10-x64" and press enter..
:)
The issue seems to be is in Roslyn compiler.. So do it manually.

[jephambl]

what worked for me :

1. use command prompt and navigate to neon folder.
   type "dotnet publish -c release -r win10-x64" and press enter
2. right publish in VS
   et voilà !