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eng/Versions.props

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
          At usage sites, either we use MicrosoftBuildMinimumVersion, or MicrosoftBuildVersion in source-only modes.
 
          Additionally, set the MinimumVSVersion for the installer UI that's required for targeting NetCurrent -->
-    <MicrosoftBuildMinimumVersion Condition="'$(DotNetBuildSourceOnly)' != 'true'">17.14.8</MicrosoftBuildMinimumVersion>
+    <MicrosoftBuildMinimumVersion Condition="'$(DotNetBuildSourceOnly)' != 'true'">17.14.28</MicrosoftBuildMinimumVersion>
     <MinimumVSVersion>18.0</MinimumVSVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Manually updated">
     <!-- Dependencies from https://github.com/microsoft/MSBuildLocator -->
-    <MicrosoftBuildLocatorPackageVersion>1.8.1</MicrosoftBuildLocatorPackageVersion>
+    <MicrosoftBuildLocatorPackageVersion>1.10.2</MicrosoftBuildLocatorPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpAnalyzerPinnedVersionPackageVersion>4.0.1</MicrosoftCodeAnalysisCSharpAnalyzerPinnedVersionPackageVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- Get .NET Framework reference assemblies from NuGet packages -->

src/Layout/redist/targets/OverlaySdkOnLKG.targets

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <!-- Copy artifacts to the testhost folder. -->
+    <!-- Using hard linking below will cause the SDK testing overlay to create changes in the installer layout.
+         Needs review and fix. https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/51112 -->
     <Copy DestinationFiles="@(InstallerOutputFile)"
           SourceFiles="@(InstallerOutputFile->Metadata('Source'))"
           SkipUnchangedFiles="true"