runtime.json only works if PackageReference is directly referenced by project

[xen2]

I have a a netcoreapp2.1 app with a PackageReference (let's call it MyPackageA) that contains a runtime.json.

It seems that if I don't include this MyPackageA PackageReference explicitly in the final executable project, its runtime.json is not properly used to compute the deps.json file (and it can't find/load some of the .dll).

What works:

• Main executable project: PackageReference to MyPackageA in main executable project

What doesn't work:

• Main executable project: PackageReference that references MyPackageA transitively
• Library1: PackageReference to MyPackageA + Main executable: ProjectReference to Library1

This problem doesn't happen with net461 (libraries are properly copied by Visual Studio in all situations).

[livarcocc]

What do you mean by runtime.json being used to compute deps.json? I don't believe we use that at all. Are you packaging, perhaps an exe and adding that as a library dependency? Can you share a small repro of your issue, perhaps in a repo on github that we can clone and try?

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