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web deployment project vs2005 (exit code 1)

In our latest build using Visual Studio 2005 Web Deployment Projects, we were seeing the build fail with the following error:  aspnet_merge.exe exited with code 1.  Not the most helpful error text.

The fix is relatively easy, however.  Select Tools --> Options.  Then in the Projects and Solutions branch, select Build and Run.  You'll see a dropdown box for MSBuild Project Build Output Verbosity.  Change this to Diagnostic, and OK.

Then show your build output by selecting the View --> Output option.  Make sure that in the 'Show output from' box, you've selected "Build".  Then just build your project, and wait for the inevitable fail.  You should see something like:

An error occurred when merging assemblies: ILMerge.Merge: ERROR!!: Duplicate type 'OurAssembly.Login' found in assembly 'App_Web_9wlv1iu2'.
C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\WebDeployment\v8.0\Microsoft.WebDeployment.targets(574,9): error MSB6006: "aspnet_merge.exe" exited with code 1.
Done executing task "AspNetMerge" -- FAILED.

Then adjust your class names to eliminate the duplicate class name(s), save and rebuild.
Posted: Mar 22 2006, 08:15 AM by sholstad | with 4 comment(s)
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Comments

Craig Martin said:

Very useful. Thanks so much for posting this as it saved me pulling the rest of the hair out of my head!

Cheers,
Craig
# March 30, 2006 9:49 AM

Dmitry said:

This helped us find the problem, thank you
# April 18, 2006 2:43 PM

Scott said:

Excellent post. Solved my problem.
# April 18, 2006 10:34 PM

mlcy said:

yup, big help.
# April 21, 2006 2:46 PM