dotnet binary could not be found

[avysk]

Version

0.75.0

Dotnet Info

❯ dotnet --info
.NET SDK:
 Version:           9.0.100
 Commit:            a2bc464e40
 Workload version:  9.0.100-manifests.6bf02610
 MSBuild version:   17.12.7+a2bc464e4

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     FreeBSD
 OS Version:  14
 OS Platform: FreeBSD
 RID:         freebsd.14-x64
 Base Path:   /usr/local/dotnet/sdk/9.0.100/

.NET workloads installed:
There are no installed workloads to display.
Configured to use loose manifests when installing new manifests.
                                                                                                                                            Host:
  Version:      9.0.0
  Architecture: x64
  Commit:       a2bc464e40
                                                                                                                                            .NET SDKs installed:
  8.0.106 [/usr/local/dotnet/sdk]
  9.0.100 [/usr/local/dotnet/sdk]

.NET runtimes installed:
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 8.0.6 [/usr/local/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 9.0.0 [/usr/local/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.6 [/usr/local/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
  Microsoft.NETCore.App 9.0.0 [/usr/local/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App]
                                                                                                                                            Other architectures found:
  None

Environment variables:
  DOTNET_ROOT       [/usr/local/dotnet]

global.json file:
  Not found

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Steps to reproduce

fsautocomplete produces the following output:

Unhandled exception: System.Exception: No dotnet binary could be found via the DOTNET_HOST_PATH or DOTNET_ROOT environment variables, the PATH environment variable, or the default install locations
   at Ionide.ProjInfo.Init.init(DirectoryInfo workingDirectory, FSharpOption`1 dotnetExe) in /_//src/Ionide.ProjInfo/Library.fs:line 302
   at FsAutoComplete.Parser.rootCommand@132-1.Invoke(Boolean projectGraphEnabled, DirectoryInfo stateDirectory, Boolean adaptiveLspEnabled, Boolean useTransparentCompiler) in /home/runner/work/FsAutoComplete/FsAutoComplete/src/FsAutoComplete/Parser.fs:line 152
   at System.CommandLine.Handler.<>c__DisplayClass16_0`4.<SetHandler>b__0(InvocationContext context)
   at System.CommandLine.Invocation.AnonymousCommandHandler.InvokeAsync(InvocationContext context)
   at System.CommandLine.Invocation.AnonymousCommandHandler.SyncUsingAsync(InvocationContext context)
   at System.CommandLine.Invocation.AnonymousCommandHandler.Invoke(InvocationContext context)
   at System.CommandLine.Invocation.InvocationPipeline.<>c__DisplayClass4_0.<<BuildInvocationChain>b__0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass17_0.<<UseParseErrorReporting>b__0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at FsAutoComplete.Parser.serilogFlush@341-1.MoveNext() in /home/runner/work/FsAutoComplete/FsAutoComplete/src/FsAutoComplete/Parser.fs:line 342
   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass12_0.<<UseHelp>b__0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass22_0.<<UseVersionOption>b__0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass19_0.<<UseTypoCorrections>b__0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c.<<UseSuggestDirective>b__18_0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c__DisplayClass16_0.<<UseParseDirective>b__0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.CommandLine.Builder.CommandLineBuilderExtensions.<>c.<<RegisterWithDotnetSuggest>b__5_0>d.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---

Details

It says it cannot find dotnet binary. However, dotnet is in my path; moreover

❯ $DOTNET_ROOT/dotnet --version
9.0.100

Or does it refer to dotnet-fsautocomplete? I do not have this one; I installed fsautocomplete with dotnet tool install -g fsautocomplete.

I am running FreeBSD 14.2; I have installed dotnet8 and dotnet packages.

Logs

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Checklist

• I have looked through existing issues to make sure that this bug has not been reported before
• I have provided a descriptive title for this issue
• I have made sure that that this bug is reproducible on the latest version of the package
• I have provided all the information needed to reproduce this bug as efficiently as possible
• I or my company would be willing to contribute this fix

[TheAngryByrd]

@baronfel do we need to add FreeBSD checks here?

[baronfel]

Seems totally reasonable. In fact, as a last-ditch fallback, we should probably have DOTNET_ROOT and PATH probing for any OS.

[avysk]

There are many different unices. Why don't you kill all checks besides isWindows instead of adding new ones, and reverse the condition in finding the dotnet binary name (dotnet.exe if on Windows, dotnet otherwise)?

[baronfel]

That's a possibility - we're trying to mirror the host runtime lookup patterns as much as possible here though so I'd want to check what they do.