dotnet/msbuild

Incorrect argument passed to TaskHostAcquireFailed resource string

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#5,131 opened on Feb 17, 2020

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.NET CoreArea: DebuggabilityArea: EngineArea: TaskHosthelp wantedtriaged

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https://github.com/microsoft/msbuild/blob/81d9a23b505474a1e7fff3fad86fa5ba2c475523/src/Build/Instance/TaskFactories/TaskHostTask.cs#L568

In .NET Core, msbuild appears to be an msbuild.dll, not an msbuild.exe, if you invoke via dotnet.exe

See discussion here: https://github.com/microsoft/msbuild/issues/4332#issuecomment-586749375

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Examine the referenced code at line 568 in TaskHostTask.cs and associated resource string to determine the correct argument.
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