TeamCity Does Not Copy All Reference Libraries

Question

I have a solution with a web application, from inside a webapp. I am referencing another project that is referencing an external library as well.

WebApp -> SupportingProject -> ExternalDll 

all is well when I create a solution in debug / release inside visual studio, but when it is created in TeamCity, one of the links is not copied. all other files referenced by the supporting project are copied with the exception of one.

I managed to get around this by adding a link to this library, but I wanted to find out the reason for this.

All links are marked as copied local.

I am using the Visual Studio Build Runner (sln) in teamcity.

Answer 1

This is not a problem with TeamCity, but how VisualStudio and MSBuild work, and what you do is correct. See SO Question MSBuild does not copy links (DLL files) when using project dependencies in a solution