`dotnet tool update -g --all` command fails when a prerelease version of the tool is installed in-between

[egvijayanand]

Describe the bug

I have a list of dotnet tools installed on my machine, consisting of both stable and prerelease versions (some of them don't have a stable version yet).

dotnet tool update -g --all command fails when a prerelease version of the tool is installed.

There should be a state that indicates a tool is in prerelease. While updating with the --all parameter, the update should process following that state or skip those tools altogether when the --prerelease flag is not indicated.

Indicating --prerelease is a risky option as not all tools needs to moved to unstable version.

But now it fails in-between. Inconsistent behavior.

To Reproduce

Install a stable and prerelease version (especially the one that has no stable release so far) of the tools together and try to updated with the below command.

dotnet tool update -g --all

Exceptions (if any)

So and so tool not found in the configured NuGet feeds.

Further technical details

• Include the output of dotnet --info
• The IDE (VS / VS Code/ VS4Mac) you're running on, and its version

[egvijayanand]

Also update the documentation, there is no mention about this --all option.

Can't infer the current behavior.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-tool-update