How to best handle OS-dependent packages and packages.lock.json

[rvdginste]

Hello,

In one of my projects, I have an indirect dependency on the SkiaSharp package. After this dependency was added, I needed to add the nuget package SkiaSharp.NativeAssets.Linux.NoDependencies to make the code work on a linux platform.

I added the package conditionally by using the following Condition attribute on the PackageReference element in the csproj file: $([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('Linux')).

The consequence is that on a Linux machine, this package will show up in packages.lock.json, but it does not show up when the build is done on a Windows machine. Aside from the Linux platform, we also build in the OSX platform and a similar conditional package reference was added there too.

Is there a better way to approach these OS-dependent package dependencies that would allow us to keep the packages.lock.json consistent across platforms?

Thanks,
Ruben