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fix(build): drop the missing win-arm asset SQLitePCLRaw 2.1.12 still declares - #2232

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The failure

Every .NET Framework build of a project that reaches Microsoft.Data.Sqlite dies with:

error MSB3030: Could not copy the file
"...\sqlitepclraw.lib.e_sqlite3\2.1.12\runtimes\win-arm\native\e_sqlite3.dll"
because it was not found.

This is what has been blocking local dotnet build / dotnet test on tests/AiDotNet.Tests.

Root cause — an upstream regression, not our configuration

SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3's buildTransitive/net461/SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3.targets unconditionally declares a Content item copying runtimes\win-arm\native\e_sqlite3.dll. Comparing the versions in the local NuGet cache:

version net461 targets reference win-arm ships runtimes/win-arm result
2.1.6 yes yes builds
2.1.11 yes yes builds
2.1.12 yes no MSB3030

2.1.12 dropped the ARM32 runtime — it now ships only win-arm64, win-x64 and win-x86 — and left behind the Content item that copies it.

Only the net461 targets carry these items (net6.0, net7.0, net8.0, net9.0 declare none), so only .NET Framework target frameworks break; here that is net471. That asymmetry is why the failure looked intermittent and environmental: it disappears the moment you build a single modern TFM with -f net10.0, which is exactly what masked it.

Why not pin the package

Microsoft.Data.Sqlite 10.0.11 requires 2.1.12, so an explicit CPM pin back to 2.1.11 is an NU1605 downgrade rather than a fix.

The fix

A new root Directory.Build.targets removes any Content item this package contributes that does not exist on disk. It is deliberately narrow — it cannot hide a missing file from any other package — and self-correcting: it does nothing once a future release either stops declaring the item or ships it again.

Verification

A/B on tests/AiDotNet.Tests, the project that could not build:

result
with Directory.Build.targets, -f net471 Build succeeded, 0 Error(s)
without it, -f net471 Build FAILED, 1 Error, MSB3030 … win-arm

No regression on the modern path: -f net10.0 builds with 0 errors, and src/AiDotNet.Storage.Sqlite — the project that actually references Microsoft.Data.Sqlite — builds with 0 errors.

Worth reporting upstream

The declaration and the shipped payload disagreeing is a packaging bug in SQLitePCLRaw 2.1.12 itself; this repo just stops paying for it. Nothing here needs to change if upstream corrects it.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Resolved .NET Framework build failures caused by missing SQLite native library files.
    • Builds now skip nonexistent SQLite content files while retaining valid runtime assets, helping prevent errors when the affected library package references files it does not include.
    • Other SQLite packages and available runtime files are unaffected.

…declares

Every .NET Framework build of a project that reaches Microsoft.Data.Sqlite
fails with:

  error MSB3030: Could not copy the file
  "...\sqlitepclraw.lib.e_sqlite3\2.1.12\runtimes\win-arm\native\e_sqlite3.dll"
  because it was not found.

ROOT CAUSE, and it is an upstream regression rather than our configuration.
SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3's buildTransitive/net461 targets unconditionally
declare a Content item copying runtimes\win-arm\native\e_sqlite3.dll. Comparing
the versions in the local cache:

  2.1.6   net461 targets reference win-arm, package ships runtimes/win-arm  -> ok
  2.1.11  net461 targets reference win-arm, package ships runtimes/win-arm  -> ok
  2.1.12  net461 targets reference win-arm, package does NOT ship it        -> MSB3030

2.1.12 dropped the ARM32 runtime (it now ships only win-arm64, win-x64 and
win-x86) and left the Content item that copies it behind. Only the net461
targets carry these items, so only .NET Framework targets break -- net471 here.
The net6.0+ targets declare none, which is why the failure looks intermittent:
it vanishes the moment you build a single modern target framework with -f, and
that is what masked it.

WHY NOT PIN THE PACKAGE. Microsoft.Data.Sqlite 10.0.11 requires 2.1.12, so an
explicit CPM pin back to 2.1.11 is an NU1605 downgrade, not a fix.

THE FIX. Remove any Content item this package contributes that does not exist
on disk. It is narrow -- it cannot hide a missing file from any other package --
and self-correcting: it does nothing once a release stops declaring the item or
starts shipping it again.

VERIFIED by A/B on tests/AiDotNet.Tests:
  with Directory.Build.targets     -f net471  Build succeeded, 0 Error(s)
  without it                       -f net471  Build FAILED, 1 Error, MSB3030
No regression on the modern path: -f net10.0 builds 0 errors, and
src/AiDotNet.Storage.Sqlite (the project that actually references
Microsoft.Data.Sqlite) builds 0 errors.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The pull request adds an MSBuild target that removes missing SQLitePCLRaw content items before path assignment. This prevents the build from attempting to copy a missing native DLL.

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SQLitePCLRaw build correction

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Adds RemoveMissingSqlitePclRawNativeContent before AssignTargetPaths. The target removes missing content items from the sqlitepclraw.lib.e_sqlite3 package. Its case-insensitive, package-anchored match excludes other SQLitePCLRaw packages.

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A target checks each content path.
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In `@Directory.Build.targets`:
- Line 36: Restrict the missing-content filter condition in the target to paths
containing the exact SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3 package directory, using a
case-insensitive directory-boundary match instead of the broad sqlitepclraw
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Review found the filter too broad, and it was: Contains('sqlitepclraw') also
matches sqlitepclraw.bundle_e_sqlite3, sqlitepclraw.core and
sqlitepclraw.provider.*, plus any repository path containing the token. A
genuinely missing file from one of those would have been swallowed here rather
than reported as MSB3030 -- which also makes the "cannot hide a missing file
from any other package" claim in the original commit message wrong as written.

Now matched with a path separator required on both sides of the exact package
directory, and the reasoning recorded in the comment so the narrowness is not
re-broadened by accident.

Verified: tests/AiDotNet.Tests -f net471 still builds, 0 errors, 0 MSB3030 --
confirming the tightened pattern still matches the item it must remove.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
ooples added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 23, 2026
The compat build (net8.0 + net471) failed on #2154 with CS0117: Math.Clamp does
not exist on .NET Framework 4.7.1. TwoStageDetectionLossTests used it to form
the expected smooth-L1 gradient. Math.Max(-1, Math.Min(1, x)) is the same value
for every finite input and exists on every target framework.

Verified: the test project builds for net471 (-p:CompatBuildOnly=true) with no
compiler errors. The one remaining local error is MSB3030, the SQLitePCLRaw
win-arm native asset that #2232 addresses; it is a Windows-only copy step.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…n-arm-msb3030-work

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