I've created a library on myget (part of ci), and I'm trying to push the symbol sources to symbolsource.org (this is a great service, and I love the idea). This is my first attempt. I've been using the instructions found on the myget site: http://docs.myget.org/docs/reference/symbolsource, but there are some gaps.
Here are the steps I go through. First, I create a nuspec file, and I use "nuget pack -symbol xxx" to create the X.symbols.nupkg and X.nupkg files. This works just fine. I then push them individually to myget and symbolsource. I used the nuget pkg explorer to examine the contents, and they look as I would expect (the src, pdb, and dll show up in the symbols). After doing the push, I can log into symbolsource and I see my packages up there using the instructions found on the myget page.
I used the following command to push to symbolsource:
nuget push X.symbols.nupkg $ApiKey -Source http://nuget.gw.SymbolSource.org/MyGet/rootdotnet/
I then configure visual studio as instructed: make sure to turn off "enable just my code" and also to turn on symbol servers. I then add to the list of symbol servers the following URL:
http://srv.SymbolSource.org/pdb/MyGet/gwatts/XXXXX
Where XXXX is a GUID I read off the sumbolsource "Your Account"/"Authentication" "Visual Studio" table entry (myget wasn't at all clear this is what I was supposed to do).
I then try to debug. When I hit something in that library, I get the "No Symbols Loaded" page in VS2012. Under details, there is a dump VS2012's attempt to find the pdb file. I see the following:
C:\Users\Gordon\Documents\Code\HVQCDCorrelationStudy\CalcSimpleCorrelationTestNumbers\bin\x86\Debug\LINQToTTreeLib.pdb: Cannot find or open the PDB file.
c:\TeamCity\buildAgent\work\44463130cd7383cb\LINQToTTree\LINQToTTreeLib\obj\x86\Release\LINQToTTreeLib.pdb: Cannot find or open the PDB file.
C:\WINDOWS\LINQToTTreeLib.pdb: Cannot find or open the PDB file.
C:\WINDOWS\symbols\dll\LINQToTTreeLib.pdb: Cannot find or open the PDB file.
C:\WINDOWS\dll\LINQToTTreeLib.pdb: Cannot find or open the PDB file.
C:\Users\Gordon\AppData\Local\Temp\SymbolCache\LINQToTTreeLib.pdb\9c883e0fa93245c99efd2b92dbfc6dfc1\LINQToTTreeLib.pdb: Cannot find or open the PDB file.
C:\Users\Gordon\AppData\Local\Temp\SymbolCache\MicrosoftPublicSymbols\LINQToTTreeLib.pdb\9c883e0fa93245c99efd2b92dbfc6dfc1\LINQToTTreeLib.pdb: Cannot find or open the PDB file.
C:\Users\Gordon\Documents\Code\HVQCDCorrelationStudy\LINQToTTreeLib.pdb: Cannot find or open the PDB file.
SYMSRV: C:\Users\Gordon\AppData\Local\Temp\SymbolCache\LINQToTTreeLib.pdb\9C883E0FA93245C99EFD2B92DBFC6DFC1\LINQToTTreeLib.pdb not found
SYMSRV: http://srv.SymbolSource.org/pdb/MyGet/gwatts/XXXXX/LINQToTTreeLib.pdb/9C883E0FA93245C99EFD2B92DBFC6DFC1/LINQToTTreeLib.pdb not found
http://srv.SymbolSource.org/pdb/MyGet/gwatts/XXXXX: Symbols not found on symbol server.
SYMSRV: C:\Users\Gordon\AppData\Local\Temp\SymbolCache\LINQToTTreeLib.pdb\9C883E0FA93245C99EFD2B92DBFC6DFC1\LINQToTTreeLib.pdb not found
SYMSRV: http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols/LINQToTTreeLib.pdb/9C883E0FA93245C99EFD2B92DBFC6DFC1/LINQToTTreeLib.pdb not found
http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols: Symbols not found on symbol server.
In short, it looks like it correctly contacts symbolssource.org. But something is failing up there. The 9C883E0FA93245C99EFD2B92DBFC6DFC1 is obviously a hash. I have no idea (??) what hash symbolssource assigned to that library - though I'd love to try to figure it out, as that might be a first step to understanding what is going on.
Basically. I don't know how to proceed with debugging at this point. Any help would be appreciated!
Update: As mentioned in the answers below, build something small that can be tested. I've done that, and it works just fine. In doing that I discovered there are some debugging tools up on SymbolSource.org - specifically, when you look at a package in your feed, you can find the "Compilations" link. Click on it. It should show a line for each build type you've uploaded. My packages have nothing associated with that - so I've messed up my nuspec file somehow for symbol generation.
The answer, it turns out, is a slice of humble pie. Turns out on my build server there was an environment variable conflict. The result was that local build scripts built a symbols file just fine and the build server built one without PDB's in it. Without pdb's, of course, the source server was not able do very much.
One thing I did learn on the way is the NuGet PackageExplorer (https://npe.codeplex.com/). Want you can do is use it to load up the nugget symbols package. Then use the plug-in manager to load in the SymbolesSource plug-in (you'll have to use the market place, but it is all free). This utility would have caught the problem in my packages had I submitted the proper ones to it (my local packages passed with flying colors).