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BUG: Multi-targeting rule not firing on usages of 2.0 SP2 and 3.0 SP2

Previously, I've spoken about the new multi-targeting rule that shipped in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and FxCop 1.36. This rule helps to prevent users from inadvertently taking a dependency on a .NET service pack. Unfortunately, it shipped with a bug...
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Breaking changes to the String class

You may have already read Justin Van Patten's post about the upcoming breaking changes to the String class for .NET 4.0 . This change will affect the behavior of the String.StartsWith , String. EndsWith , String. IndexOf and String. LastIndexOf methods...
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New for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and FxCop 1.36 – Multi-targeting rule

Update: Note there is currently a bug in this rule that prevents it from firing on .NET 2.0 SP2 and .NET 3.0 SP2 added APIs when targeting .NET 3.5. See BUG: Multi-targeting rule not firing on usages of 2.0 SP2 and 3.0 SP2 for more information. Back in...
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