ClickOnce application that uses PostSharp 1.0 seems to require 1.5 assemblies in GAC

Question

I have installed PostSharp 1.5 on a machine that had 1.0 previously. Now, my application which links to 1.0SP1 assemblies has for some reason started requesting for 1.5 assemblies to be in the GAC on the client side. Does anyone know why this is? (I've asked on the PostSharp forum but received no reply.)

Answer 1

well it could be a referencing problem.

if you reference a dll which references a non specific version another, which references a specific version of another.

You inherit the dependancy. So in this case.

Your code -> Postsharp(v1.0) -> Postsharp.Laos(any version and gets 1.0) -> PostSharp.MSBuild.dll (v1.0)

You update postsharp

Your code -> Postsharp(v1.0) -> Postsharp.Laos(any version and gets 1.5) -> PostSharp.MSBuild.dll (v1.5)

Note: the above is an example I'm not sure what order Postsharp references itself.