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Symbol package is not being published to nuget.org.

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
build-system, release

Research direction

Read Directory.Build.props at lines 23-25 to understand how the .snupkg is produced, then trace the package publication entry point for nuget.org. Confirm that the Microsoft.Build.Locator symbol package is uploaded and visible on nuget.org.

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Description

While there is code that enables producing a .snupkg file for Microsoft.Build.Locator, the symbol package does not get uploaded to nuget.org:

https://github.com/microsoft/MSBuildLocator/blob/c16c5354e9fda9703933079528ae67bb5ae4e34e/Directory.Build.props#L23-L25

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