fix: %(AdditionalDependencies) metadata typo in cpp-app/cpp-lib templates and package projects#15720
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Description
Type of Change
Why
The
<AdditionalDependencies>linker property in thecpp-appandcpp-libtemplates (and all derived package projects) contained a misspelling:%(AdditionalDependenices)instead of%(AdditionalDependencies).MSBuild silently resolves unknown item metadata references to an empty string with no warning or error, so any additional link dependencies inherited from parent property sheets were being silently dropped at link time.
What
Corrected the metadata reference from
%(AdditionalDependenices)to%(AdditionalDependencies)in the<Link>item group of all affected.vcxprojfiles.Screenshots
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Changelog
Should this change be included in the release notes: yes
Fixed a silent MSBuild linker bug in the
cpp-appandcpp-libtemplates where a typo in%(AdditionalDependencies)caused inherited link dependencies to be silently dropped. Projects already scaffolded from these templates should apply the same correction to their.vcxprojfiles.Microsoft Reviewers: Open in CodeFlow