MySQL Bugs: #88838: Connector will not install

Bug #88838	Connector will not install
Submitted:	8 Dec 2017 17:54	Modified:	13 Feb 2018 19:08
Reporter:	Guest User	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	Connector / NET	Severity:	S1 (Critical)
Version:	6.10.6	OS:	Windows (10)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Connector version 6.10.5 came out today and it is uninstallable.

How to repeat:
Create a new project (like a C# .NET 4.6.2 Windows Forms Application) in Visual Studio 2015 and try to add connector version 6.10.5 using NuGet. Or, open an existing project and attempt to update the package.

You should get this error. Did not happen with the last connector version:
Failed to add reference. The package 'MySql.Data' tried to add a framework reference to 'System.Runtime' which was not found in the GAC. This is possibly a bug in the package. Please contact the package owners for assistance.

Hello John Belge,

Thank you for the bug report.
I could not repeat the issue at our end using with Visual Studio 2015, Connector/NET 6.10.5 version.
Please download from here
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net

Thanks,
Chiranjeevi.

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Why are you downloading MySQL.Data.Entity?
Just download MySQL.Data. That's the problem package.

Reopening, see above comment.

I Have the exact same error even after Updating the Connector as suggested.
Previous Nuget Package Version is not affected.

Just want to add an observation, this is only affecting Visual Studio 2015. I tried with the exact same steps in Visual Studio 2017 and I had no error.

Hello John Belge,

Thank you for the feedback.
Verified this behavior on Visual Studio 2015 and Connector/NET 6.10.5 version.

Thanks,
Chiranjeevi.

Workaround:
Please add "<Reference Include="System.Runtime"/>" in your csproj file:

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=88862 marked as duplicate of this one.

Is that a permanent workaround (as in, it will also be required as a reference in the next version), or do your developers plan on fixing this somehow?

What kind of a solution is this?
Please add "<Reference Include="System.Runtime"/>" in your csproj file:
The purpose of the Nuget package is to automatically deploy the required references and config settings required.

How did this package become GA with such a bug!
I had to revert back to MySQL.Data 6.9.

Extremely shocked an S1 Critical bug that can be fixed as easily as republishing the update has not been fixed!

It seems like no one cares about .NET Connector bug reports - so many unfixed bugs )':

omg still not fixed in 6.10.6 released an hour ago, how embarrassing ):

I can confirm that version 6.10.4 still has that problem, even on Visual Studio 2017.

I mean 6.10.6, sorry.

Posted by developer:
 
Fixed as of the upcoming MySQL Connector/NET 6.10.7 release, and here's the changelog entry:

MySQL Connector/NET could not be installed with NuGet packages from
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015.

Thank you for the bug report.

Finally.
Fix this next plz: https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=88472