Packages required by gauge are getting upgraded automatically

[ayankumaar]

Hi,
I am using the following version of gauge in my system:

Gauge version: 1.4.2

Plugins

dotnet (0.4.1)
html-report (4.1.2)
screenshot (0.1.0)

.NET SDK: 5.0.404
VS Code: 1.63.2
gauge VS Code extension: 0.0.23

When I installed gauge few months back with .NET 5.0.404 SDK then the following packages were missing in my system:

Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x64 - version 5.0.13
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64 - version 5.0.13
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64 - version 5.0.13

So, I kept these packages in the local repo of my system and the missing package issue was resolved.

Today, I installed same version of gauge and .NET 5.0.404 SDK in my team mate's system. I already provided him all the missing packages. But, in his system it was asking for version 5.0.14 for all three Microsoft.NETCore.App.Runtime.win-x64, Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64, Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Runtime.win-x64 missing packages.

I am trying to understand what is causing this auto upgrade ? Do I need to turn off anything from my side in the gauge set up ? Also, due to which dependency this auto upgrade is happening ? I am trying to understand the entire dependency chain.

Please, let me know if you need any other information on this.

[ayankumaar]

@sriv or @zabil Is there any update on my query ?

[sriv]

Not sure why you need those packages installed/copied over manually. That is not expected. Gauge's automated tests (as well as my local installation) run fine without having to manually copy over packages.

In any case, the direct dependencies for gauge-dotnet are here

The complete dependency list is here:

dotnet list package --include-transitive
Project 'Gauge.Dotnet' has the following package references
   [netcoreapp3.1]:
   Top-level Package                               Requested     Resolved
   > Gauge.CSharp.Core                             0.6.0         0.6.0
   > Gauge.CSharp.Lib                              0.9.0         0.9.0
   > Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers              3.3.3         3.3.3
   > Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common                 3.7.0         3.7.0
   > Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp                 3.7.0         3.7.0
   > Microsoft.CSharp                              4.7.0         4.7.0
   > Microsoft.DotNet.Analyzers.Compatibility      0.1.2-alpha   0.1.2-alpha

   Transitive Package                            Resolved
   > Google.Protobuf                             3.15.8
   > Grpc.AspNetCore.Server                      2.37.0
   > Grpc.Core.Api                               2.37.0
   > Grpc.Net.Common                             2.37.0
   > Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms                 2.1.2
   > System.Collections.Immutable                1.5.0
   > System.Memory                               4.5.4
   > System.Reflection.Metadata                  1.6.0
   > System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe      4.7.0
   > System.Text.Encoding.CodePages              4.5.1
   > System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions           4.5.3

   [net6.0]:
   Top-level Package                               Requested     Resolved
   > Gauge.CSharp.Core                             0.6.0         0.6.0
   > Gauge.CSharp.Lib                              0.9.0         0.9.0
   > Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers              3.3.3         3.3.3
   > Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Common                 3.7.0         3.7.0
   > Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp                 3.7.0         3.7.0
   > Microsoft.CSharp                              4.7.0         4.7.0
   > Microsoft.DotNet.Analyzers.Compatibility      0.1.2-alpha   0.1.2-alpha

   Transitive Package                            Resolved
   > Google.Protobuf                             3.15.8
   > Grpc.AspNetCore.Server                      2.37.0
   > Grpc.Core.Api                               2.37.0
   > Grpc.Net.Common                             2.37.0
   > Microsoft.NETCore.Platforms                 2.1.2
   > System.Collections.Immutable                1.5.0
   > System.Memory                               4.5.4
   > System.Reflection.Metadata                  1.6.0
   > System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe      4.7.0
   > System.Text.Encoding.CodePages              4.5.1
   > System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions           4.5.3

The packages you've mentioned are not listed here. Perhaps they are included for your test project's needs?