Weird error from MonoGame.Content.Builder.Task

[tomspilman]

Prerequisites

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MonoGame Version

3.8.x

Which MonoGame platform are you using?

N/A

Operating System

Windows

Description

You get a weird error message with an exception in it when you specify the wrong target platform in MGCB when using the MonoGame.Content.Builder.Task in your project.

Steps to Reproduce

Add the wrong target platform to MGCB.

Minimal Example Repo

No response

Expected Behavior

Better error message.

Resulting Behavior

You get this error message:

2>------ Build started: Project: FrameworkTests, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
2>MonoGame Content Builder
2>Builds optimized game content for MonoGame projects.
2>
2>Invalid value 'Switch2' for option 'platform'
2>
2>Usage: dotnet <Options>
2>
2>Options:
2>Unhandled exception. System.IO.IOException: The handle is invalid.
2>   at System.ConsolePal.GetBufferInfo(Boolean throwOnNoConsole, Boolean& succeeded)
2>   at MonoGame.Content.Builder.MGBuildParser.ShowError(String message, Object[] args) in C:\BuildAgents\MonoGameWin1\work\f7381a85a626990\Tools\MonoGame.Content.Builder\CommandLineParser.cs:line 570
2>   at MonoGame.Content.Builder.MGBuildParser.SetOption(MemberInfo member, String value) in C:\BuildAgents\MonoGameWin1\work\f7381a85a626990\Tools\MonoGame.Content.Builder\CommandLineParser.cs:line 404
2>   at MonoGame.Content.Builder.MGBuildParser.ParseArgument(String arg) in C:\BuildAgents\MonoGameWin1\work\f7381a85a626990\Tools\MonoGame.Content.Builder\CommandLineParser.cs:line 347
2>   at MonoGame.Content.Builder.MGBuildParser.ParseFlags(String arg) in C:\BuildAgents\MonoGameWin1\work\f7381a85a626990\Tools\MonoGame.Content.Builder\CommandLineParser.cs:line 278
2>   at MonoGame.Content.Builder.MGBuildParser.Parse(IEnumerable`1 args) in C:\BuildAgents\MonoGameWin1\work\f7381a85a626990\Tools\MonoGame.Content.Builder\CommandLineParser.cs:line 140
2>   at MonoGame.Content.Builder.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\BuildAgents\MonoGameWin1\work\f7381a85a626990\Tools\MonoGame.Content.Builder\Program.cs:line 35
2>C:\Users\tom\.nuget\packages\monogame.content.builder.task\3.8.0.1641\build\MonoGame.Content.Builder.Task.targets(138,5): error MSB3073: The command "dotnet C:\Users\tom\.nuget\packages\monogame.content.builder.task\3.8.0.1641\build\\..\tools\netcoreapp3.1\any\mgcb.dll /quiet /@:"D:\Projects\xxxxx\FrameworkTests\Content\content.mgcb" /platform:Switch2 /outputDir:"D:/Projects/xxxxx/FrameworkTests/Content/bin/Switch2/content" /intermediateDir:"D:/Projects/xxxxx/FrameworkTests/Content/obj/Switch2/content" /workingDir:"D:/Projects/xxxxx/FrameworkTests/Content/"" exited with code -532462766.
2>Done building project "FrameworkTests.csproj" -- FAILED.

Which is weird... that exception shouldn't be happening. It should also probably tell you what the correct platforms are.

Files

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