Problem: Top level project references MyLibrary nuget which references several vendor.dll files. Vendor.dll files should be able to be referenced by top level project when MyLibrary nuget package is added to top level project but they are not.
When I run the top level project I receive this error:
FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Vendor.A, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a'. The system cannot find the file specified.
Vendor .dll files are not copied to bin folder.
I hope to find a resolution to this problem that does not require me to create a .nuspec file.
Structure of generated MyLibrary nuget package (observed with Nuget package explorer):
lib net5.0-windows Vendor.a.dll Vendor.b.dll net5.0-windows7.0 MyLibrary.dllI do not understand where net5.0-windows7.0 comes from. It does not exist in TFM list referenced below. Also, if net5.0-windows7.0 is for some reason necessary, why does MyLibrary.dll exist there but not the .dlls it depends on?
Looking at the package from within Visual Studio 2019 it appears as follows (vendor dlls do not appear):
Packages MyLibrary Compile Time Assemblies MyLibrary.dllMyLibrary.csproj:
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop"><PropertyGroup><TargetFramework>net5.0-windows</TargetFramework><UseWPF>true</UseWPF><GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild></PropertyGroup><PropertyGroup><AssemblyVersion>1.0.0.1</AssemblyVersion><FileVersion>1.0.0.1</FileVersion><Version>1.0.0.3</Version></PropertyGroup><ItemGroup><Content Include="$(OutputPath)\Vendor.*.dll"><Pack>true</Pack><PackagePath>lib\$(TargetFramework)</PackagePath></Content></ItemGroup><ItemGroup><Reference Include="Vendor.a"><HintPath>VendorLib\Vendor.a.dll</HintPath></Reference><Reference Include="Vendor.b"><HintPath>VendorLib\Vendor.b.dll</HintPath></Reference></ItemGroup>TopLevel.csproj
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop"><PropertyGroup><OutputType>WinExe</OutputType><TargetFramework>net5.0-windows</TargetFramework><UseWPF>true</UseWPF></PropertyGroup><ItemGroup><PackageReference Include="MyLibrary" Version="1.0.0.3" /></ItemGroup>