dotnet publish --no-build on ubuntu fails with error: Manifest file at '/someFolder/staticwebassets.build.json' not found.

[yepeekai]

I am trying to optimize the build on azure devops. I build all projects in a previous task with dotnet build --configuration release.
I force the use of dotnet 6.0.x which is 6.0.201 at the moment.

I then execute the following command:
/opt/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/dotnet publish /home/vsts/work/1/s/mywebproject /mywebproject .csproj --configuration release --output /home/vsts/work/1/a/mywebproject --no-build

It throws the error: /opt/hostedtoolcache/dotnet/sdk/6.0.201/Sdks/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor/targets/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Razor.StaticWebAssets.targets(681,7): error : Manifest file at '/home/vsts/work/1/s/mywebproject /obj/release/net6.0/staticwebassets.build.json' not found. [/home/vsts/work/1/s/mywebproject /mywebproject .csproj]

On my windows machine, I started with a clean repository and executed exactly the same tasks as specified in my azure build and it works fine.

[mzros]

same here on github actions
Runner version 2.289.2
OS: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/blob/ubuntu20/20220405.4/images/linux/Ubuntu2004-Readme.md
https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/releases/tag/ubuntu20%2F20220405.4

[mkArtakMSFT]

Thanks for contacting us, @yepeekai.
@javiercn can you please look into this? Thanks!

[yepeekai]

Workaround, if I do a dotnet build for the web project specifically, it works.
It doesn't work if I do a dotnet build without specifying the web project. It doesn't work also if I specify the sln file which is probably the same thing as without specifying anything.

[javiercn]

@yepeekai thanks for contacting us.

Could you capture an MSBuild binary log (append /bl) and share it with us to help us determine exactly what's going on? It would also help us to understand the build steps you are taking and if you are customizing anything in the build process.

We do have tests for dotnet publish --no-build so I want to see if there is a concrete thing that is triggering this issue.

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