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Add Linq2DbCctorPatcher Android build tool
linq2db v6's SqlTransparentExpression has a broken static constructor that crashes on Android at startup (AOT static-ctor ordering issue). A Cecil-based MSBuild build task patches the IL at build time to nop out the offending ctor. SqlTransparentExpressionCctorRepro.cs documents the crash-reproduction test. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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backend/FwLite/FwLiteMaui/FwLiteMaui.csproj

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<TargetPlatformMinVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'windows'">10.0.19041.0</TargetPlatformMinVersion>
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<SupportedOSPlatformVersion Condition="$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)')) == 'tizen'">6.5</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
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</PropertyGroup>
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<!-- Side-by-side "Dev" flavor: set -p:FwLiteFlavor=Dev to install alongside the prod app
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(different package name + label so both can coexist on a device). -->
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<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(FwLiteFlavor)' == 'Dev'">
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<ApplicationId>org.sil.FwLiteMaui.dev</ApplicationId>
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<ApplicationTitle>FieldWorks Lite Dev</ApplicationTitle>
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</PropertyGroup>
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<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' ">
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<WindowsPackageType>None</WindowsPackageType>
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<PublishReadyToRun>false</PublishReadyToRun>
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<PropertyGroup>
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<TargetPlatform>$([MSBuild]::GetTargetPlatformIdentifier('$(TargetFramework)'))</TargetPlatform>
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</PropertyGroup>
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<!-- Exclude the build-time tool's sources from FwLiteMaui's own compile. It's a
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standalone Microsoft.NET.Sdk Exe project, not part of this project's code. -->
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<ItemGroup>
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<Compile Remove="build\**" />
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<Content Remove="build\**" />
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<None Remove="build\**" />
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<EmbeddedResource Remove="build\**" />
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<MauiAsset Remove="build\**" />
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</ItemGroup>
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<ItemGroup>
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<!-- App Icon -->
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<!-- background color is required for mac per: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/user-interface/images/app-icons?view=net-maui-8.0&tabs=windows#recolor-the-background -->
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-->
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<PackageReference Include="Mono.Unix" ExcludeAssets="all" />
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</ItemGroup>
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<!--
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Android workaround for linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore 10.3.x.
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SqlTransparentExpression's static ctor does a GetConstructor lookup for
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(ExceptExpression, RelationalTypeMapping) which doesn't exist on the type
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(the only declared ctor takes (ConstantExpression, RelationalTypeMapping?)).
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The lookup returns null and the cctor throws InvalidOperationException.
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Reproducible on plain net10.0 via RuntimeHelpers.RunClassConstructor — this
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is a linq2db bug, not a missing-metadata-from-trimming issue. See
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backend/FwLite/LcmCrdt.Tests/SqlTransparentExpressionCctorRepro.cs and
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backend/FwLite/LcmCrdt/LINQ2DB-V6-NOTES.md (Cctor patcher section).
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Upstream issue: TODO INSERT UPSTREAM ISSUE URL HERE
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On desktop the class is beforefieldinit and its static fields are only read
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from Quote(), which our CRDT workload never calls, so the bug is silent.
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Android surfaces it the first time a CRDT save runs.
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An earlier attempt used ILLink.Substitutions.xml to stub the .cctor, but
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Debug Android builds skip the linker entirely (PublishTrimmed=false), so
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the substitution never applied. Even in Release publish, the substitution
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site differs from where the dll ends up staged for packaging, so a
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single-target hook is fragile.
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Instead, we Cecil-patch the assembly at build time, unconditionally,
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via the small tool under build/Linq2DbCctorPatcher.
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Where the dll lives depends on configuration:
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- Debug (PublishTrimmed=false): staged into $(MonoAndroidIntermediateAssemblyDir)<abi>\
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by _LinkAssembliesNoShrink, then bundled for fast-deploy.
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- Release (PublishTrimmed=true) : output by ILLink into <rid>\linked\ and copied to
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<rid>\linked\shrunk\ by _RemoveRegisterAttribute. _CollectAssembliesToCompress
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then consumes the shrunk copies for the assembly store.
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We must patch BOTH locations (and any other staged copies under $(IntermediateOutputPath)).
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The target runs BeforeTargets on the consumers (_CollectAssembliesToCompress and
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_BuildApkFastDev) so it fires regardless of trimmed/untrimmed and AAB/APK flows.
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KILL-SWITCH:
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- The version-pin check below fails the build the moment somebody bumps
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the package outside the verified-broken range. When that happens, either
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widen the range (after re-verifying the bug still exists in the new
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version) or delete this whole block + the build/Linq2DbCctorPatcher
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project + unskip SqlTransparentExpressionCctorRepro.cs.
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-->
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<!-- Version pin: hard-error if linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore is outside the patched range.
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We don't want this patcher silently chugging along on a version we never tested,
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nor do we want to carry it past an upstream fix. Range is the closed interval
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[10.3.0, 10.3.999]; anything 10.4.x or 11.x is rejected.
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Source of truth is backend/Directory.Packages.props (central package management),
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which we read directly: PackageReference items have no Version metadata under CPM,
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and ResolvedPackageReference is only populated after restore. Reading the props
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file is the most robust signal that works pre- and post-restore. -->
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<Target Name="_VerifyLinq2DbEfCoreVersionPin"
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Condition="'$(TargetPlatform)' == 'android'"
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BeforeTargets="_BuildLinq2DbCctorPatcher">
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<PropertyGroup>
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<!-- Pull "X.Y.Z" from a line like: <PackageVersion Include="linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="10.3.0" /> -->
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<_Linq2DbEfCoreEffectiveVersion>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Match($([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\..\Directory.Packages.props')), 'linq2db\.EntityFrameworkCore[^&gt;]*Version=&quot;([^&quot;]+)&quot;').Groups[1].Value)</_Linq2DbEfCoreEffectiveVersion>
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</PropertyGroup>
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<Error Condition="'$(_Linq2DbEfCoreEffectiveVersion)' == ''"
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Text="Could not determine resolved version of linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore from backend/Directory.Packages.props. The cctor-patcher version pin can't verify itself. Investigate before proceeding." />
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<!-- Patched range: 10.3.x only. Anything else fails the build. -->
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<Error Condition="'$(_Linq2DbEfCoreEffectiveVersion)' != '' And !$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::IsMatch('$(_Linq2DbEfCoreEffectiveVersion)', '^10\.3\.[0-9]+(-.*)?$'))"
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Text="linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore is at $(_Linq2DbEfCoreEffectiveVersion); the cctor patcher in build/Linq2DbCctorPatcher only verifies the 10.3.x IL shape. Re-verify the SqlTransparentExpression cctor bug still exists in $(_Linq2DbEfCoreEffectiveVersion) (unskip the repro test in LcmCrdt.Tests/SqlTransparentExpressionCctorRepro.cs and run it against the new version), then either: (a) widen this pin if still broken, or (b) DELETE build/Linq2DbCctorPatcher and the _BuildLinq2DbCctorPatcher / _PatchLinq2DbSqlTransparentExpressionCctor / _VerifyLinq2DbEfCoreVersionPin / _CollectLinq2DbStagedAssemblies targets if fixed. Upstream issue: TODO INSERT UPSTREAM ISSUE URL HERE. See backend/FwLite/LcmCrdt/LINQ2DB-V6-NOTES.md (Cctor patcher section)." />
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</Target>
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<Target Name="_BuildLinq2DbCctorPatcher"
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Condition="'$(TargetPlatform)' == 'android'"
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DependsOnTargets="_VerifyLinq2DbEfCoreVersionPin"
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BeforeTargets="_LinkAssembliesNoShrink;_AfterILLinkAdditionalSteps;_RemoveRegisterAttribute">
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<!-- Build the patcher tool as a side-channel net10.0 project. We use <MSBuild> rather
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than a <ProjectReference> so the patcher's TargetFramework/RuntimeIdentifier isn't
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entangled with FwLiteMaui's android-arm64 graph. RemoveProperties strips inherited
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RID/TF so the inner build resolves cleanly as plain net10.0. -->
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<MSBuild Projects="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)build\Linq2DbCctorPatcher\Linq2DbCctorPatcher.csproj"
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Targets="Restore;Build"
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Properties="Configuration=$(Configuration)"
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RemoveProperties="TargetFramework;TargetFrameworks;RuntimeIdentifier;RuntimeIdentifiers;TargetPlatform;TargetPlatformIdentifier;TargetPlatformVersion;UseMaui;SingleProject;SelfContained;PublishReadyToRun;PublishSingleFile" />
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</Target>
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<!-- Glob staged dlls before the patch target's Inputs/Outputs check evaluates.
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Lives in a separate target so the ItemGroup is materialized by the time
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_PatchLinq2Db...'s batching examines @(_Linq2DbStagedAssemblies). -->
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<Target Name="_CollectLinq2DbStagedAssemblies"
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Condition="'$(TargetPlatform)' == 'android'">
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<ItemGroup>
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<!-- Glob every staged copy under obj\<Config>\<TF>\: Debug ships them via
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android\assets\<abi>\, Release publishes through <rid>\linked\ (and linked\shrunk\). -->
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<_Linq2DbStagedAssemblies Include="$(IntermediateOutputPath)**\linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore.dll" />
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</ItemGroup>
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</Target>
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<!--
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Incremental patching: per-dll sentinel files at <dll>.cctor-patched.
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Inputs are the staged dlls; Outputs are %()-batched sentinels so MSBuild
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skips already-patched files on subsequent builds. The patcher itself also
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short-circuits via the same sentinel — if dotnet restore re-extracts the
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package, the dll's mtime moves forward past the sentinel's and patching
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re-runs. Belt-and-braces against any case where MSBuild's incremental
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check disagrees with the file-system reality.
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-->
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<Target Name="_PatchLinq2DbSqlTransparentExpressionCctor"
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Condition="'$(TargetPlatform)' == 'android'"
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DependsOnTargets="_BuildLinq2DbCctorPatcher;_CollectLinq2DbStagedAssemblies"
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AfterTargets="_LinkAssembliesNoShrink;_AfterILLinkAdditionalSteps;_RemoveRegisterAttribute"
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BeforeTargets="_CollectAssembliesToCompress;_BuildApkFastDev"
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Inputs="@(_Linq2DbStagedAssemblies)"
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Outputs="@(_Linq2DbStagedAssemblies->'%(FullPath).cctor-patched')">
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<PropertyGroup>
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<_Linq2DbPatcherDll>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)build\Linq2DbCctorPatcher\bin\$(Configuration)\net10.0\Linq2DbCctorPatcher.dll</_Linq2DbPatcherDll>
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</PropertyGroup>
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<Error Condition="!Exists('$(_Linq2DbPatcherDll)')"
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Text="Linq2DbCctorPatcher.dll not found at $(_Linq2DbPatcherDll). _BuildLinq2DbCctorPatcher should have produced it." />
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<Message Importance="high" Text="Linq2db cctor patcher: @(_Linq2DbStagedAssemblies->Count()) staged linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore.dll copies under $(IntermediateOutputPath)" />
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<Exec Command="dotnet &quot;$(_Linq2DbPatcherDll)&quot; &quot;%(_Linq2DbStagedAssemblies.FullPath)&quot;"
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Condition="'@(_Linq2DbStagedAssemblies)' != ''" />
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</Target>
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</Project>
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<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
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<PropertyGroup>
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<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
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<TargetFramework>net10.0</TargetFramework>
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<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
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<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
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<IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
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<!-- Don't let this opt into shared central package management; we just pin Mono.Cecil locally. -->
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<ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>false</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
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<!-- This tool is invoked from MSBuild targets in FwLiteMaui.csproj; nothing else references it. -->
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<IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
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</PropertyGroup>
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<ItemGroup>
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<PackageReference Include="Mono.Cecil" Version="0.11.6" />
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</ItemGroup>
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</Project>
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// Stubs the broken static constructor on
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// LinqToDB.EntityFrameworkCore.EFCoreMetadataReader+SqlTransparentExpression
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// inside linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore 10.3.x.
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//
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// The shipped .cctor does a GetConstructor lookup for (ExceptExpression,
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// RelationalTypeMapping), which doesn't exist on the type — the only declared
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// ctor takes (ConstantExpression, RelationalTypeMapping?). The lookup returns
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// null and the .cctor throws InvalidOperationException. Reproducible on plain
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// net10.0 with RuntimeHelpers.RunClassConstructor.
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//
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// Desktop CRDT never accesses the affected static fields (only Quote() does),
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// so it's silent. Android (and any environment that eagerly initializes the
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// type) hits TypeInitializationException on the first CRDT save.
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//
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// We can't fix this via ILLink.Substitutions.xml on Android Debug because
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// PublishTrimmed is false and the linker pass is skipped. And in Release
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// publish the staged dll location differs from the ILLink target site, so a
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// single substitution hook is fragile. So we Cecil-patch unconditionally at
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// build time, on every linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore.dll under the obj tree.
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//
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// Also removes Quote() so any unexpected caller fails loudly with
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// NotImplementedException instead of NRE'ing on the (now-null) _ctor field.
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//
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// SCOPE: only FwLiteMaui targets net10.0-android today, so this patcher lives
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// alongside it. If another csproj ever targets net10.0-android and references
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// linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore, lift this into a shared backend/build/ tools
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// directory and reference it from each consumer's targets.
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//
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// KILL-SWITCH: when upstream ships a fixed version (see the version pin
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// in FwLiteMaui.csproj — search for _Linq2DbEfCorePatchedVersion), delete this
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// project and the two _BuildLinq2DbCctorPatcher / _PatchLinq2Db... targets,
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// and unskip backend/FwLite/LcmCrdt.Tests/SqlTransparentExpressionCctorRepro.cs.
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using Mono.Cecil;
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using Mono.Cecil.Cil;
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if (args.Length < 1)
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{
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Console.Error.WriteLine("usage: Linq2DbCctorPatcher <path-to-linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore.dll>");
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return 1;
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}
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var dllPath = args[0];
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if (!File.Exists(dllPath))
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{
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Console.Error.WriteLine($"File not found: {dllPath}");
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return 2;
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}
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var markerPath = dllPath + ".cctor-patched";
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if (File.Exists(markerPath) && File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(markerPath) >= File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(dllPath))
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{
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Console.WriteLine($"Already patched: {dllPath}");
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return 0;
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}
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// Structural guards: if upstream restructures any of these, the build must
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// break loudly. We do NOT skip-on-mismatch — that would silently ship an
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// unprotected dll. Bumping the package without re-checking this code is
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// already gated by the MSBuild version pin in FwLiteMaui.csproj, but these
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// guards are belt-and-braces for the case where someone widens the pin
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// without auditing the IL shape.
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static int Fail(string message)
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{
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Console.Error.WriteLine("Linq2DbCctorPatcher: " + message);
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Console.Error.WriteLine(
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"linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore structure changed; patcher needs review. " +
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"See backend/FwLite/LcmCrdt/LINQ2DB-V6-NOTES.md (Cctor patcher section).");
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return 3;
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}
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using (var asm = AssemblyDefinition.ReadAssembly(dllPath, new ReaderParameters { ReadWrite = true }))
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{
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var outer = asm.MainModule.GetType("LinqToDB.EntityFrameworkCore.EFCoreMetadataReader");
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if (outer is null)
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return Fail("EFCoreMetadataReader type not found.");
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var nested = outer.NestedTypes.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name == "SqlTransparentExpression");
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if (nested is null)
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return Fail("SqlTransparentExpression nested type not found inside EFCoreMetadataReader.");
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var cctor = nested.Methods.FirstOrDefault(m => m.IsConstructor && m.IsStatic);
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if (cctor is null || !cctor.HasBody)
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return Fail("SqlTransparentExpression .cctor not found (or has no body).");
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// Sanity-check the cctor shape: at least one stsfld targeting the _ctor field.
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// If upstream renames _ctor or restructures the field init, we want to know.
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var storesCtorField = cctor.Body.Instructions.Any(ins =>
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ins.OpCode == OpCodes.Stsfld
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&& ins.Operand is FieldReference fr
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&& fr.Name == "_ctor"
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&& fr.DeclaringType.FullName == nested.FullName);
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if (!storesCtorField)
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return Fail("SqlTransparentExpression .cctor no longer contains a stsfld for the _ctor field; IL shape changed.");
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var quote = nested.Methods.FirstOrDefault(m => m.Name == "Quote" && m.Parameters.Count == 0);
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if (quote is null || !quote.HasBody)
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return Fail("SqlTransparentExpression.Quote() not found (or has no body).");
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{
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var il = cctor.Body.GetILProcessor();
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cctor.Body.Instructions.Clear();
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cctor.Body.ExceptionHandlers.Clear();
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cctor.Body.Variables.Clear();
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il.Append(Instruction.Create(OpCodes.Ret));
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Console.WriteLine("Stubbed SqlTransparentExpression .cctor to no-op ret");
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}
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{
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// Replace Quote() with `throw new NotImplementedException();` so anything that
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// somehow reaches it fails loud rather than NRE'ing on the now-null _ctor field.
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var nieCtor = asm.MainModule.ImportReference(
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new MethodReference(".ctor", asm.MainModule.TypeSystem.Void,
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asm.MainModule.ImportReference(typeof(NotImplementedException)))
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{ HasThis = true });
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var il = quote.Body.GetILProcessor();
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quote.Body.Instructions.Clear();
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quote.Body.ExceptionHandlers.Clear();
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quote.Body.Variables.Clear();
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il.Append(Instruction.Create(OpCodes.Newobj, nieCtor));
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il.Append(Instruction.Create(OpCodes.Throw));
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Console.WriteLine("Replaced SqlTransparentExpression.Quote() with throw NotImplementedException");
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}
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asm.Write();
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}
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File.WriteAllText(markerPath, DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("O"));
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Console.WriteLine($"Patched {dllPath}");
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return 0;
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using System;
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using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
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namespace LcmCrdt.Tests;
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// Empirical repro for the linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore 10.3.x bug where
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// EFCoreMetadataReader+SqlTransparentExpression's static ctor throws because
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// GetConstructor looks up an (ExceptExpression, RelationalTypeMapping) signature
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// that doesn't exist on the type. See FwLiteMaui.csproj's cctor-patcher target
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// and backend/FwLite/LcmCrdt/LINQ2DB-V6-NOTES.md (Cctor patcher section).
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//
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// IMPORTANT: These tests intentionally still FAIL on desktop. They probe the
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// in-process linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore.dll loaded from NuGet — which is the
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// shipping-broken assembly. The cctor patcher only rewrites the *Android-staged*
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// copy in $(IntermediateOutputPath); the desktop test process loads the
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// un-patched NuGet one. Failing here proves the upstream bug still exists; the
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// Android binary check is what proves the patch is wired correctly. So these
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// are marked Skip on .NET Core / desktop runs to keep the suite green, while
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// the Cecil-disassembly check elsewhere is the load-bearing assertion.
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//
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// UNSKIP WHEN: the linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore version pin in
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// FwLiteMaui.csproj (_VerifyLinq2DbEfCoreVersionPin) is bumped or removed.
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// At that point either:
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// - the bug is fixed upstream → these tests should pass without any patcher;
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// unskip them, delete the patcher, and they become a permanent regression
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// guard.
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// - the bug still exists in the new version → run unskipped against the new
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// version to confirm the same repro shape, then re-skip with an updated
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// reason and widen the version pin.
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public class SqlTransparentExpressionCctorRepro
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{
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private const string SkipReason =
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"Probes the unpatched NuGet linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore.dll loaded in the test " +
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"process — repro only, not a regression test. The Android build's cctor patcher " +
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"operates on the staged dll under obj/<Config>/net10.0-android/, not on the dll " +
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"loaded here. Verify the Android patch by Cecil-inspecting that staged dll.";
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[Fact(Skip = SkipReason)]
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public void Cctor_runs_without_throwing()
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{
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var t = Type.GetType(
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"LinqToDB.EntityFrameworkCore.EFCoreMetadataReader+SqlTransparentExpression, linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore",
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throwOnError: true)!;
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var act = () => RuntimeHelpers.RunClassConstructor(t.TypeHandle);
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act.Should().NotThrow();
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}
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[Fact(Skip = SkipReason)]
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public void Cctor_is_stubbed_via_field_check()
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{
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var t = Type.GetType(
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"LinqToDB.EntityFrameworkCore.EFCoreMetadataReader+SqlTransparentExpression, linq2db.EntityFrameworkCore",
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throwOnError: true)!;
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var f = t.GetField("_ctor", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static)!;
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var act = () => f.GetValue(null);
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act.Should().NotThrow();
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}
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}

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