Hi,
We have several projects as part of the single solution file and the projects reference other projects in the same solution through the "ProjectReference" in the csproj file. So, lets say there are 3 projects; A, B and C. B is referencing C and
A is referencing both B and C using project reference.
We wanted to introduce Package Reference instead of Project Reference. So, we used "dotnet pack" to package all the above 3 projects (A,B and C) so that they can be used as package reference for another project, D which was previously referencing
them through Project Reference. The package is created and stored in the TFS Package URL. Ideally, this should work as we are referencing the same project using package reference which was previously referenced as project reference.
So, the only change to the CSPROJ file is as below:
<ItemGroup>
<PackageReference Include="packageName" Version="1.0.0" />
</ItemGroup>
The project reference for the same is removed from the CSPROJ file.
While building the project D (which is referencing the packages) we are getting the below error.
"The type or namespace name 'someClass/someFolder' does not exist in the namespace 'someProject(A/B/C)' (are you missing an assembly reference?)"
The packages were built with no arguments so the project would have been first built and then packaged.
I am not sure what are we missing here and why is it not able to find the assembly. Any insight/guidance will be highly appreciated.
Thank you.
