Pack fails with NETSDK1194 on .NET SDK 7.0.200

[JamieMagee]

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Cake runner

Cake .NET Tool

Cake version

3.0.0

Operating system

Linux, N/A

Operating system architecture

64-Bit

CI Server

GitHub Actions

What are you seeing?

When using DotNetPack and setting OutputDirectory I get:

MSBuild version 17.5.0-preview-23061-01+040e2a90e for .NET
Error: /usr/share/dotnet/sdk/7.0.200/Current/SolutionFile/ImportAfter/Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Solution.targets(36,5): error NETSDK1194: The "--output" option isn't supported when building a solution.

I think this was accidentally included as a breaking change, but was intended to be in .NET 8.
There is a workaround/fix listed here: dotnet/sdk#30624 (comment)

What is expected?

The build successfully completes

Steps to Reproduce

Create a cake configuration with DotNetPack and an OutputDirectory.

Output log

No response

[pascalberger]

Not sure that fixing breaking changes in underlying tools is a route Cake should go. The aliases are currently thin wrappers around the tools (in this case MsBuild), without containing much logic.

If we start adding logic to fix bugs, like in this case, in the underlying tools, we also take the burden of maintaining the fix in subsequent versions.

Also in this case Microsoft stopped rolling out Docker images of 7.0.200 and wait until next service release, where they will adopt it, making 7.0.200 likely be the only affected version.

[JamieMagee]

I understand not wanting to fix this for .NET 7, but I think Cake will need to make changes once .NET 8 rolls out and --output is actually removed.

[devlead]

I understand not wanting to fix this for .NET 7, but I think Cake will need to make changes once .NET 8 rolls out and --output is actually removed.

Is it actually removed for project files too? Thought it only was for solution files.