Mixing packages from nuget.org and repository folder in VSTS

Question

My solution grabs some nuget packages from Nuget.org and some of them are in my repository under the "lib" folder. I am aware that having packages in my repository is not the best option, but for now, i am stuck with it.

In my solution nuget.config looks like this :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <packageSources>
    <add key="nuget.org" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" />
    <add key="CustomSource" value="../lib" />
  </packageSources>
    <activePackageSource>
    <add key="All" value="(Aggregate source)"  />
  </activePackageSource>
  <solution>
    <add key="disableSourceControlIntegration" value="true" />
  </solution>
</configuration>

It works fine in Visual Studio.

In VSTS I changed the nuget restore task option :

My build fails like this:

The nuget command failed with exit code(1) and error(Failed to retrieve information about 'Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions' from remote source 'D:\a\1\lib'.)

Packages failed to restore

Obviously, Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions, is supposed to download from nuget.org. What should I change so it tries to use the 2 nuget sources? Thanks!

Is the folder containing your references actually D:\a\1\lib? I would guess that it is not, since build source is downloaded to D:\a\1\s. You have a relative pathing issue. — Daniel Mann
Should be correct as it says this at some point : 2018-07-25T14:32:35.1270714Z Running restore with 2 concurrent jobs. 2018-07-25T14:32:35.1270848Z Reading project file D:\a\1\s\Api\Domain.Modules.Tests\Domain.Modules.Tests.csproj. 2018-07-25T14:32:35.1270994Z Reading project file D:\a\1\s\Api\src\Data.Caching\Data.Caching.csproj.. On top of that, i would understand if it crahsed on a "Entrprise nuget", here is crashes on a nuget.org package... Thanks :) — Tom
@DanielMann thank you, you were right, i didn't look the right way, if one of the folder doesn't exists, the errors pops, and that was the problem.. i had to change the source to ../s/Projectname/lib". Thanks! — Tom

Marina Liu Marina Liu · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-26T07:52:50

If you specify your own NuGet.config file in NuGet restore task, it will save the content of the specify NuGet.config file to a temporary config file like: D:\a\1\Nuget\tempNuGet_3274.config.

So If you are using Hosted agent, you should specify the local feed path as:

<add key="CustomSource" value="../s/Projectname/lib" />

Besides, you can also use private agent which locate in your local machine, so that the packages can be found from other directory.

Mixing packages from nuget.org and repository folder in VSTS

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