Arcade tools bootstraping fails on Linux if dotnet sdk is installed globally

[jkotas]

Repro:

docker -it microsoft/dotnet:2.1-sdk
apt-get install clang-3.9 cmake make libc6-dev libssl-dev libkrb5-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev zlib1g-dev
cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/dotnet/corefx
cd corefx
./build.sh

Result:

Build fails with

/root/corefx/eng/Tools.props(56,5): error MSB3073: The command "/root/.nuget/packages/microsoft.dotnet.buildtools/3.0.0-preview1-03415-01/lib/init-tools.sh /root/corefx/ /root/corefx/.dotnet/dotnet /root/corefx/Tools /root/.nuget/packages/ > /root/corefx/init-tools.log" exited with code 1. [/root/.nuget/packages/microsoft.dotnet.arcade.sdk/1.0.0-beta.18565.8/tools/Tools.proj]

[jkotas]

init-tools.log contains the following error:
ERROR: Cannot find dotnet.exe at path '/root/corefx/.dotnet/dotnet'. Please pass in the path to dotnet.exe as the 2nd parameter.

The problem seems to be on the path where the scripts detect the globally installed dotnet and try to use it instead of downloading local copy. The globally installed dotnet is not wired in correctly.

[markwilkie]

I think this is a known issue. @chcosta or @jcagme - do you remember the details?

[chcosta]

AFAIK, this is not a known (or reported) issue.

[jcagme]

Yeah I don't think this is known. Epic updated and will prioritize accordingly.

[marek-safar]

@jcagme what is the update on the priority? We are hitting this working on CoreFX for Mono on Mac as well.

[jcagme]

Not sure on my end but I think @tmat was maybe looking at it?

[tmat]

I think these lines should be removed and the usage of DotNetCmd replaced with DotNetTool defined here.

[am11]

This issue seems to be resolved. I tried with dotnet/corefx@df75edc45df sometime ago with global dotnet 2.1 installed on the Ubuntu box, it uses dotnet from corefx/.dotnet directory.

[jcagme]

I've tried this on ubuntu-16.04-c103199-20180628134544 where I installed dotnet SDK 2.1.4 before running build.sh and I was not able to repro.

In case it continues to be an issue please file a new issue.