How to build local nuget package?

[timcassell]

Context: I'm trying to test running benchmarks in NativeAOT with the InProcessNoEmitToolchain. I attempted to build using csproj references, but the compiler spat errors about Assets file 'BenchmarkDotNet\src\BenchmarkDotNet.Disassembler.x64\obj\project.assets.json' doesn't have a target for 'net462/win7-x64'.. I tried building with the nuget reference and it worked (though I got runtime errors). So I'm thinking if I build a local nuget package with my changes and reference that, it should work, but I'm not sure how. Any pointers?

[timcassell]

Ah I figured it out. It was just dotnet pack .\BenchmarkDotNet.sln -c Release. Then add the src\BenchmarkDotNet\bin\Release\BenchmarkDotNet.0.13.5-develop.nupkg and src\BenchmarkDotNet.Annotations\bin\Release\BenchmarkDotNet.Annotations.0.13.5-develop.nupkg to my local nuget feed.

[adamsitnik]

There is one tricky thing related to local nuget packages: nuget is caching the packages per version. So if you create a 0.13.5-develop and restore it, then it's going to install the package. But if you apply some changes, run pack again without changing the version number, the next restore won't update the package and you are going to end up using the old version.

[timcassell]

Yup, it might be overkill, but I run dotnet nuget locals all --clear when I need to rebuild it.

[AndreyAkinshin]

@timcassell, the recommended way to pack all the nupkgs is to run build.[sh/ps1/bat] --target Pack. This command does the preparatory work and puts the final nupkgs into the artifacts folder.