Why can't I see symbols feed

[Guest]

Hello,

I have created both a nuget package, and the associated Symbols Package, for a library that I am creating, and I have pushed both to the ProGet Server that I have setup.

When I access:

http://localhost/feeds/mypackages/mypackage

I can see that it says:

"Symbols and source files are available"

However, when I try to access:

http://localhost/symbols/mypackages

I get a 404.

If I try to access:

http://localhost/nuget/mypackages

This works.

Based on the documentation that I have read, I am expecting to see the symbols/mypackages available, and this is the url that I would use within Visual Studio. Is this not the case?

Thanks

Gary

[Guest]

You need to enter this URL in Visual Studio, not in your browser; the symbol/source are not browsable.

It's just an API endpoint used by Visual Studio.

[Guest]

Thanks for the answer...

one follow up question. Am i right in saying though that you have to "nuget pack" both the symbols.nupkg and the nupkg package to the same url? It is not enough to just do the symbols.nupkg?

Thanks

Gary

[Guest]

In general, yes. NuGet does not actually understand the difference between "symbol" and "non-symbol" packages as it strips the ".symbol" from the name before sending the file to a server.

Thus, on a combined feed (like ProGet uses), there's no for ProGet to know what an incoming package is. All that's pushed to the feed is the package ID and a package file.

[Guest]

Hello,

Thanks for the reply. I have started pushing just the Symbols package, and this seems to be working really well.

Thanks

Gary