The Mono.Cecil version in the Microsoft.NET.ILLink NuGet is wrong

[rolfbjarne]

NuGet: Microsoft.NET.ILLink v6.0.100-preview.6.21376.2.

The nuspec references Mono.Cecil 0.11.3:

$ cat /Users/rolf/.nuget/packages/microsoft.net.illink/6.0.100-preview.6.21376.2/microsoft.net.illink.nuspec | grep Mono.Cecil
        <dependency id="Mono.Cecil" version="0.11.3" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />

While the illink.dll wants Mono.Cecil 0.11.4:

 $ monodis --assemblyref /Users/rolf/.nuget/packages/microsoft.net.illink/6.0.100-preview.6.21376.2/ref/net5.0/illink.dll
AssemblyRef Table
1: Version=5.0.0.0
	Name=System.Runtime
	Flags=0x00000000
	Public Key:
0x00000000: B0 3F 5F 7F 11 D5 0A 3A 
	Zero sized hash value
2: Version=0.11.4.0
	Name=Mono.Cecil
	Flags=0x00000000
	Public Key:
0x00000000: 50 CE BF 1C CE B9 D0 5E 
	Zero sized hash value

The end result is that if I reference the Microsoft.NET.ILink package, I end up with this build problem:

CSC [dotnet] dotnet-linker.dll
CSC : error CS1705: Assembly 'illink' with identity 'illink, Version=6.0.100.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' uses 'Mono.Cecil, Version=0.11.4.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=50cebf1cceb9d05e' which has a higher version than referenced assembly 'Mono.Cecil' with identity 'Mono.Cecil, Version=0.11.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=50cebf1cceb9d05e'

because the build ends up referencing Mono.Cecil 0.11.3

Sample build log: msbuild.binlog.zip

CC @marek-safar

[rolfbjarne]

A workaround is to add a reference Mono.Cecil 0.11.4 in my project:

<ProjectReference Include="Mono.Cecil" Version="0.11.4" />

and that seems to make the build choose the correct version.