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Travis Illig
Travis Illig

Reputation: 23934

How do I specify conditional dependencies based on target framework in NuGet?

I am building a NuGet package that references the Microsoft CommonServiceLocator assembly.

There are two versions of the Microsoft CommonServiceLocator out there:

My project is a Portable Class Library but, because it's sometimes used with Enterprise Library, I need to sort of "conditionally" reference the portable version so there's no conflict.

I see the new "group" feature in the NuGet docs showing how to specify dependencies in your .nuspec file and I think that will do what I want, but I'm not sure how to test it.

Here's what I think I need to do and I'm hoping someone can validate my approach or point me in the right direction:

<dependencies>
  <group>
    <!-- Always include regardless of target framework -->
    <dependency id="Autofac" />
  </group>
  <group targetFramework="net40">
    <!-- Also include the full CSL if it's full framework -->
    <dependency id="CommonServiceLocator" />
  </group>
  <group targetFramework="portable-win+sl50+wp8">
    <!-- Otherwise include the Portable CSL -->
    <dependency id="Portable.CommonServiceLocator" />
  </group>
</dependencies>

Specifically...

Upvotes: 16

Views: 8125

Answers (1)

Deepak
Deepak

Reputation: 2233

Yeah, that's pretty much correct. Details on portable framework names can be found here http://docs.nuget.org/docs/creating-packages/creating-and-publishing-a-package#Framework_Names

One more thing I found, since win+sl50+wp8 by default includes net45 you might want to include it so that this dependency group gets installed.

Upvotes: 7

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