I am building a NuGet package that references the Microsoft CommonServiceLocator assembly.

There are two versions of the Microsoft CommonServiceLocator out there:

My project is a Portable Class Library but, because it's sometimes used with Enterprise Library, I need to sort of "conditionally" reference the portable version so there's no conflict.

  • If the target framework is full .NET 4.0/4.5, use the original CommonServiceLocator package so people can also use the Enterprise Library bits (which also reference the CommonServiceLocator package).
  • If the target framework is portable (or anything else) use the Portable.CommonServiceLocator package.

I see the new "group" feature in the NuGet docs showing how to specify dependencies in your .nuspec file and I think that will do what I want, but I'm not sure how to test it.

Here's what I think I need to do and I'm hoping someone can validate my approach or point me in the right direction:

<dependencies>
  <group>
    <!-- Always include regardless of target framework -->
    <dependency id="Autofac" />
  </group>
  <group targetFramework="net40">
    <!-- Also include the full CSL if it's full fr
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