PackageReference Redirect underlying package? - nuget

I'm using a NuGet package (IdentityModel.OidcClient 3.1.2) and this throws an error
Could not load file or assembly 'Newtonsoft.Json, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)
The version in the bin folder is Newtonsoft.Json.dll v11.0.2.xx
So I probably need a binding redirect for the underlying package Newtonsoft.Json.dll, but where do I put that redirect? Tried AutoGenerateBindingRedirects=true but that didn;t solve it.

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Unable to resolve "Could not load file or assembly" exception in .net framework application

After upgrading the FluentValidation NuGet package in my WPF application from version 11.0.2 to 11.4.0, I began to receive the following error when attempting to execute my test suite:
System.IO.FileLoadException
HResult=0x80131040
Message=Could not load file or assembly 'System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions, Version=4.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)
Source=FluentValidation
My NuGet packages folder contains the system.threading.tasks.extensions package for versions 4.4.2 and 4.5.4, but not 4.2.0.0.
I am not sure why I am getting this error, or how to resolve it.
I have reviewed the answers to questions by others having similar problems, but without finding a solution.

Crystal Reports Nuget 13.0.4001 generates an log4net error

Our Visual studio project is a 64-bit website which requires the crystal reports runtime installed. We would like to include nuget packages to avoid installing the runtime.
I installed the CrystalReports.Engine nuget and 16 nuget/references are also applied including log4net v1.2.10. The project files reference "Include="log4net, Version=1.2.10.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=1b44e1d426115821". This is a pretty old version of the log4net.
When I run our website and try to generate a report, I get the exception "Could not load file or assembly 'log4net, Version=1.2.10.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040...". It appears that the libraries are looking for the 32-bit version of log4net.
The nuget packages include 13.0.30.3805, not the latest 13.0.32 libraries. After doing some searching on-line, I am concerned that these nugets are not SAP generated nugets.
This leads me to a few questions:
Are these SAP Crystal Reports nugets?
How do they distinguish between 32-bit and 64-bit projects?
Why are these nugets not using the latest version of the libraries.
How do I resolve this error? (everything I have tried, doesn't fix the problem)

Dynamics Plugin throwing "Could not load file or assembly" error

I have a Dynamics365 Plugin which references a Nuget written by me. The build and the registration of the Plugin works and also the merge of all Libraries worked.
When the Plugin is triggered I get the following error:
Error 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly
'CustomNuget.Xrm.Common.XYZ, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its
dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
The Assembly mentioned in the above error is the Nuget included in the Plugin.
What I know for sure is that this exception is thrown from within a Method which is contained in the above mentioned Assembly (Nuget).
When I check the plugin assemby with ILSpy everything looks ok.
How can this be that an exception is telling me the assembly was not found but the error was thrown exactly from this assembly??
Does anybody have an idea?

NuGet packages, their DLLs and assembly binding errors

Take a package like Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions, it depends on Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features by this line in its nuspec:
<dependency id="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features" version="2.1.1" exclude="Build,Analyzers" />
with the 2.1.1 meaning >= 2.1.1, in NuGet parlance.
So I take a dependency on Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions, version 2.1.1 exactly in my project.
Currently, there is both a version 2.1.1 and 2.2 of Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features in NuGet, so my project ends up with Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http 2.1.1 and Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features 2.2.
But then, I run my project and I get assembly binding errors, because the actual Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions 2.1.1 DLL depends on Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features 2.1.1.
Summary: Nuspec says >= 2.1.1, DLL is bound to == 2.1.1.
This seems to be true for almost all MS packages.
Is this a monumental cock-up, or am I doing something wrong? I'm having to traverse the dependency graphs myself and lock myself to each exact version which each DLL needs, because the nuspecs don't appear to be properly configured.
What's going on?
Example binding error:
Unable to load one or more types: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features, Version=2.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=adb9793829ddae60' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)
(because I've been given 2.2 by NuGet).

Which is the right version for Fasterflect using SNAP?

When using autofac with snap, I encounter the following exception:
Test method Halcyon.Mall.Logging.LogCallTests.FooLogCallInterceptor_ShouldBeCalled threw exception:
Autofac.Core.DependencyResolutionException: An exception was thrown while executing a resolve operation. See the InnerException for details. ---> System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'Fasterflect, Version=2.0.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a64e1179c81b1e25' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)
The autofac (2.5.2.830) is installed as a nuget package manually.
The fasterflect (2.0.4429.39723) is installed automatically as a dependent package of SNAP (1.7.3)
I had the same problem today with Snap 1.7.7 -- the latest version. Snap.StructureMap appears to require Fasterflect 2.0 but a NuGet of Snap 1.7.7 retrieves the latest Fasterflect, which is 2.1. I was able to solve it by downloading Fasterflect 2.0.2 using NuGet in a separate project (PM> Install-Package Fasterflect -version 2.0.2), then deleting the existing reference to Fasterflect from my main project, then browsing to and adding a file-based reference to the older Fasterflect 2.0.2 DLL.