Possible Issues with Common.Logging / Common.Logging.NLog20 NuGet packages

[peterbernier]

I think there may be an error in the information added to web.config when the indicated NuGet packages are added to a project.

When the package is added to the project, the following is added to web.config:

    <dependentAssembly>
      <assemblyIdentity name="Common.Logging" publicKeyToken="af08829b84f0328e" culture="neutral" />
      <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
    </dependentAssembly>

Unfortunately this seems to result in the following error at run-time :

Parser Error Message: An error occurred creating the configuration section handler for common/logging: Unable to create type 'Common.Logging.NLog.NLogLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.NLog20'

I had to make the following change in order to resolve the issue (note the 'oldVersion' attribute)...

    <dependentAssembly>
       <assemblyIdentity name="Common.Logging" publicKeyToken="af08829b84f0328e" culture="neutral" />
        <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-65535.65535.65535.65535" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
      </dependentAssembly>

[peteraritchie]

I created a new MVC 4 Razer web application, added the Common.logging.NLog20 package (which installed the Common.Logging dependency) and did not have this problem.

I then added the folllowing to the configSections in web.config:
<section name="nlog" type="NLog.Config.ConfigSectionHandler, NLog"/>

and added a nlog section with some arbitrary config:
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <targets> <target name="logfile" xsi:type="file" filename="e:\logfile.txt" layout="${date:format=yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss} ${message}" /> </targets> <rules> <logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="logfile" /> </rules> </nlog>

and I still couldn't reproduce what you've described. Is there any more detail you can provide?

[peterbernier]

Hi Peter,

Here's some more detailed STR what I'm seeing... I seem to be getting a slightly different error message when I use a simpler logger configuration, but the 'fix' is the same.

• Create a new Asp.net MVC 4 Web Application (Basic, Razor)
• Create a Home controller at Controllers\HomeController.cs
• Create a view at Views/Home/Index.
• Run the project in debug mode, observe that the view created is displayed properly.
• Stop debugging, Select the Project, right-click and select Manage NuGet Packages
• Select 'Online' results on the left, search for 'nlog2'
• Select 'Common.Logging.NLog20' package, click 'Install'. This will install the Common.Logging and NLog dependencies as well. Close the NuGet Package Manager dialog.
• In the project, Observe that references to Common.Logging, Common.Logging.NLog20, and NLog have been created
• open Controllers\HomeController.cs
• add
  using Common.Logging;
• Modify the Index method to include the following lines before return statement:
  ILog log = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
  log.Debug("hello world");
• Open web.config
• Observe that the assemblyBinding entry (near the end of the file) contains the lines below

  
  
  <dependentAssembly>
  
  <assemblyIdentity name="Common.Logging" publicKeyToken="af08829b84f0328e" culture="neutral" />
  
  <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
  
  </dependentAssembly>

• Update web.config with the contents below (as per http://netcommon.sourceforge.net/docs/2.1.0/reference/html/ch01.html)

  <configuration>
  <configSections>
      <sectionGroup name="common">
          <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging" />
      </sectionGroup>
      <section name="nlog" type="NLog.Config.ConfigSectionHandler, NLog"/>
  </configSections>
  <common>
      <logging>
          <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.NLog.NLogLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.NLog20">
              <arg key="configType" value="INLINE" />
          </factoryAdapter>
      </logging>
  </common>
  <nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <targets>
          <target name="logfile" xsi:type="file" filename="E:\logfile.txt" layout="${date:format=yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss} ${message}" />
      </targets>
      <rules>
          <logger name="*" minlevel="Trace" writeTo="logfile" />
      </rules>
  </nlog>
  </configuration>

• Run the project in Debug mode, observe the error thrown:

Failed obtaining configuration for Common.Logging from configuration section 'common/logging'.

• open web.config, at the bottom on the file, update the bindingRedirect node for Common.Logging

  
  
  <dependentAssembly>
  
  <assemblyIdentity name="Common.Logging" publicKeyToken="af08829b84f0328e" culture="neutral" />
  
  <bindingRedirect oldVersion="0.0.0.0-65535.65535.65535.65535" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
  
  </dependentAssembly>

• Run the project in Debug mode, observe that no errors are thrown. Observe that messages are written to the log appropriately.

[fernandoacorreia]

The same error happened to me. Steps to reproduce:

1. Open Visual Studio 2012.
2. File | New | Project, ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Application, Internet Application.
3. Tools | Library Package Manager | Manage NuGet Packages for Solution.
4. Install Common.Logging.NLog20, OK.
5. Edit Web.config:

<configSections>
    (...)
    <sectionGroup name="common">
        <section name="logging" type="Common.Logging.ConfigurationSectionHandler, Common.Logging" />
    </sectionGroup>
    <section name="nlog" type="NLog.Config.ConfigSectionHandler, NLog"/>
</configSections>
<common>
    <logging>
        <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.NLog.NLogLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.NLog20">
            <arg key="configType" value="INLINE" />
        </factoryAdapter>
    </logging>
</common>
<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <targets>
        <target name="console" xsi:type="Console" layout="${date:format=HH\:MM\:ss} ${logger} ${message}" />
    </targets>
    <rules>
        <logger name="*" minlevel="Debug" writeTo="console" />
    </rules>
</nlog>

1. Edit HomeController.cs:

    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        private ILog log = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();

        public ActionResult Index()
        (...)

1. Run project in debug mode.
2. This error is shown in the response page:

Server Error in '/' Application.

Configuration Error

Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately. 

Parser Error Message: An error occurred creating the configuration section handler for common/logging: Unable to create type 'Common.Logging.NLog.NLogLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.NLog20'

Source Error: 


Line 14:   </configSections>
Line 15:   <common>
Line 16:     <logging>
Line 17:       <factoryAdapter type="Common.Logging.NLog.NLogLoggerFactoryAdapter, Common.Logging.NLog20">
Line 18:         <arg key="configType" value="INLINE" />

Source File: C:\Users\user.name\Documents\Projetos\Rascunhos\MvcApplication1\MvcApplication1\web.config    Line: 16 

Assembly Load Trace: The following information can be helpful to determine why the assembly 'Common.Logging, Version=2.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=af08829b84f0328e' could not be loaded.


=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: User = DOMAIN\user.name
LOG: DisplayName = Common.Logging, Version=2.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=af08829b84f0328e
 (Fully-specified)
LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/Users/user.name/Documents/Projetos/Rascunhos/MvcApplication1/MvcApplication1/
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = C:\Users\user.name\Documents\Projetos\Rascunhos\MvcApplication1\MvcApplication1\bin
Calling assembly : Common.Logging.NLog20, Version=2.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=af08829b84f0328e.
===
LOG: This bind starts in default load context.
LOG: Using application configuration file: C:\Users\user.name\Documents\Projetos\Rascunhos\MvcApplication1\MvcApplication1\web.config
LOG: Using host configuration file: C:\Users\user.name\Documents\IISExpress\config\aspnet.config
LOG: Using machine configuration file from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\config\machine.config.
LOG: Post-policy reference: Common.Logging, Version=2.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=af08829b84f0328e
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/user.name/AppData/Local/Temp/Temporary ASP.NET Files/root/0af0b8d1/2ac424b/Common.Logging.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/user.name/AppData/Local/Temp/Temporary ASP.NET Files/root/0af0b8d1/2ac424b/Common.Logging/Common.Logging.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/user.name/Documents/Projetos/Rascunhos/MvcApplication1/MvcApplication1/bin/Common.Logging.DLL.
WRN: Comparing the assembly name resulted in the mismatch: Minor Version
ERR: Failed to complete setup of assembly (hr = 0x80131040). Probing terminated.

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.18033

See also: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14840445/how-can-i-successfully-configure-common-logging

[skalinkin]

The problem is in a NuGet package spec you have dependencies [dependency id="Common.Logging" version="2.0.0" ]
But actual dll references to 2.1.2.0
To workaround update Common.Logging through package manager. To fix that guys need to republish nuget package with proper reference.

[katlimruiz]

To me the fix is in the nuget package as well, but why it doesnt include the NET4 assembly?

It seems only to include NET2.0.

UPDATE: I confirm skalinkin solution is the fix.

[npehrsson]

Anything happening with this? Its quite annoying

[joshgo]

@skalinkin is right, updating Common.Logging to v2.1.2 will fix this.

It's annoying, but once you pull down the correct package and set auto-restore ... you won't have to think about it.

[dengere]

do we select this for log or landing spaceship to mars? please fix issues and left clarified sample. what a nice standart! common.logging! blah blah blah

[sbohlen]

Closed as fixed with update to Common.Logging 2.1.2