Cannot evaluate [MSBuild]::VersionLessThan with wildcards

[sibber5]

Issue Description

MSBuild can't evaluate [MSBuild]::VersionLessThan when the version contains a wilcard, e.g. [MSBuild]::VersionLessThan(9.0.*, 8.2.0).

Steps to Reproduce

Call [MSBuild]::VersionLessThan with a version that contains a wildcard.

Expected Behavior

That it evaluates when the version contains a wildcard (uses the latest version that matches the wildcard).

Actual Behavior

It fails to evaluate.

Analysis

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Versions & Configurations

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[maridematte]

Team triage: Could you give us an example of usage for this? We're trying to understand some relevant scenarios for this feature.

[sibber5]

well i got the issue when i tried to set it to use the latest patch version of the aspire sdk by setting the version to 9.0.*

[jrdodds]

@sibber5 The version comparison functions, including VersionLessThan(), accept two strings that represent either a four-part version or a semver. The functions don't know what package, if any, that the strings may be related to. Determining "the latest version that matches the wildcard" is outside of these functions.

Are you invoking the VersionLessThan() function in your own custom MSBuild code or is this function invoked by MSBuild code within the Aspire Sdk? If the latter, i.e. referencing the SDK using a wildcard creates a problem, that may be an issue to file against the Aspire SDK.