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+// Copyright (c) 2026 Siegfried Pammer
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this
+// software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software
+// without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
+// publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons
+// to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
+// substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
+// INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+// PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE
+// FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+// DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.CSharp;
+using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Metadata;
+using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests.Helpers;
+using ICSharpCode.Decompiler.TypeSystem;
+
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.Tests.TypeSystem
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Obfuscated and merged assemblies can end up referencing two versions of the same
+	/// assembly. Loading both splits every type they declare into two type definitions that
+	/// compare unequal, which in turn breaks every signature comparison spanning the two
+	/// references: a method whose parameter is named through one of them no longer matches the
+	/// base method that names it through the other. The fixture reproduces that through the
+	/// symptom it surfaced as in issue #2764 - a genuine override printed as virtual, because
+	/// <see cref="InheritanceHelper"/> found no base member for it.
+	/// </summary>
+	[TestFixture]
+	public class DuplicateAssemblyReferenceTests
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Assembled twice, as version 1.0.0.0 and 2.0.0.0.
+		/// </summary>
+		const string LibraryIL = @"
+.assembly extern System.Runtime
+{
+  .ver 8:0:0:0
+}
+.assembly Lib
+{
+  .ver {VERSION}:0:0:0
+}
+.class public auto ansi beforefieldinit Param
+       extends [System.Runtime]System.Object
+{
+}
+";
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Declares both versions of Lib as references, the way a merging obfuscator leaves
+		/// them behind, and names Param through a different one in the base declaration than
+		/// in the override. Both are the same type to the runtime, which unifies the two
+		/// references, so Run really does override Base.Run.
+		/// </summary>
+		const string MainIL = @"
+.assembly extern Lib
+{
+  .ver 2:0:0:0
+}
+.assembly extern Lib as Lib_v1
+{
+  .ver 1:0:0:0
+}
+.assembly extern System.Runtime
+{
+  .ver 8:0:0:0
+}
+.assembly Main { }
+
+.class public abstract auto ansi beforefieldinit Base
+       extends [System.Runtime]System.Object
+{
+  .method family hidebysig specialname rtspecialname instance void .ctor() cil managed
+  {
+    ldarg.0
+    call instance void [System.Runtime]System.Object::.ctor()
+    ret
+  }
+  .method public hidebysig newslot abstract virtual instance void Run(class [Lib_v1]Param p) cil managed
+  {
+  }
+}
+
+.class public auto ansi beforefieldinit Derived
+       extends Base
+{
+  .method public hidebysig specialname rtspecialname instance void .ctor() cil managed
+  {
+    ldarg.0
+    call instance void Base::.ctor()
+    ret
+  }
+  .method public hidebysig virtual instance void Run(class [Lib]Param p) cil managed
+  {
+    ret
+  }
+}
+";
+
+		string directory;
+		string mainAssemblyPath;
+
+		[OneTimeSetUp]
+		public async Task SetUp()
+		{
+			directory = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "ILSpy-DuplicateAssemblyReference-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+			Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
+			foreach (var version in new[] { 1, 2 })
+			{
+				await AssembleAsync($"Lib.v{version}", LibraryIL.Replace("{VERSION}", version.ToString())).ConfigureAwait(false);
+			}
+			mainAssemblyPath = await AssembleAsync("Main", MainIL).ConfigureAwait(false);
+		}
+
+		[OneTimeTearDown]
+		public void TearDown()
+		{
+			Directory.Delete(directory, recursive: true);
+		}
+
+		Task<string> AssembleAsync(string name, string il)
+		{
+			string sourceFile = Path.Combine(directory, name + ".il");
+			File.WriteAllText(sourceFile, il);
+			return Tester.AssembleIL(sourceFile, AssemblerOptions.Library);
+		}
+
+		DecompilerTypeSystem CreateTypeSystem()
+		{
+			var mainModule = new PEFile(mainAssemblyPath);
+			return new DecompilerTypeSystem(mainModule, new VersionedResolver(directory));
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void OnlyTheHighestVersionOfADuplicatedReferenceIsLoaded()
+		{
+			var libraries = CreateTypeSystem().Modules
+				.Where(m => m.AssemblyName == "Lib")
+				.Select(m => m.FullAssemblyName)
+				.ToArray();
+
+			Assert.That(libraries, Is.EqualTo(new[] { "Lib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" }));
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void OverrideDeclaredThroughTheOtherReferenceStaysAnOverride()
+		{
+			var decompiler = new CSharpDecompiler(CreateTypeSystem(), new DecompilerSettings());
+
+			string code = decompiler.DecompileTypeAsString(new FullTypeName("Derived"));
+
+			Assert.That(code, Does.Contain("public override void Run(Param p)"));
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Hands out a separate file per requested version of Lib, so that the type system has
+		/// to deal with two candidates for the same assembly name; everything else comes from
+		/// the runtime the tests execute on.
+		/// </summary>
+		class VersionedResolver : IAssemblyResolver
+		{
+			static readonly string runtimeDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(typeof(object).Assembly.Location);
+
+			readonly string directory;
+
+			public VersionedResolver(string directory)
+			{
+				this.directory = directory;
+			}
+
+			public MetadataFile Resolve(IAssemblyReference reference)
+			{
+				string path = reference.Name == "Lib"
+					? Path.Combine(directory, $"Lib.v{reference.Version.Major}.dll")
+					: Path.Combine(runtimeDirectory, reference.Name + ".dll");
+				return File.Exists(path) ? new PEFile(path) : null;
+			}
+
+			public MetadataFile ResolveModule(MetadataFile mainModule, string moduleName) => null;
+
+			public Task<MetadataFile> ResolveAsync(IAssemblyReference reference) => Task.FromResult(Resolve(reference));
+
+			public Task<MetadataFile> ResolveModuleAsync(MetadataFile mainModule, string moduleName) => Task.FromResult<MetadataFile>(null);
+		}
+	}
+}