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bcmills opened this issue Jun 2, 2021 · 7 comments
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cmd/go: unhelpful error message when running "go install" on a replaced-but-not-required package #46528

bcmills opened this issue Jun 2, 2021 · 7 comments
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bcmills commented Jun 2, 2021 •
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$ go1.16.4 mod init tools
go: creating new go.mod: module tools

$ go mod edit -replace=sigs.k8s.io/[email protected]=github.com/markusthoemmes/[email protected]

$ go1.16.4 install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools
missing go.sum entry for module providing package sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools; to add:
        go mod download

$ go1.16.4 mod download

$ go1.16.4 install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools
missing go.sum entry for module providing package sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools; to add:
        go mod download
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bcmills commented Jun 2, 2021

Compare #46496, #45332; CC @jayconrod @matloob

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bcmills commented Jun 2, 2021

The suggestion to run go mod download here is not helpful: no module in the requirement graph could provide the requested package to begin with. (One is replaced, but not yet required.)

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bcmills commented Jun 3, 2021

@gopherbot, please backport to Go 1.16.

This condition is fairly rare, but an unhelpful error message can be very confusing and frustrating when it happens, and the fix will hopefully be small and non-invasive.

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Backport issue(s) opened: #46551 (for 1.16).

Remember to create the cherry-pick CL(s) as soon as the patch is submitted to master, according to https://golang.org/wiki/MinorReleases.

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Change https://golang.org/cl/325430 mentions this issue: cmd/go: remove unhelpful hint in some cases when using go list

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Change https://golang.org/cl/324470 mentions this issue: cmd/go: remove hint when no module is suggested

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Change https://golang.org/cl/334371 mentions this issue: [release-branch.go1.16] cmd/go: remove hint when no module is suggested

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[release-branch.go1.16] cmd/go: remove hint when no module is suggested
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Updates #46528
Fixes #46551

Change-Id: I2453d321ece878ea7823865758aa4a16b3ed7fe8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/325430
Reviewed-by: Bryan C. Mills <[email protected]>
Run-TryBot: Bryan C. Mills <[email protected]>
Trust: Heschi Kreinick <[email protected]>
Trust: Dmitri Shuralyov <[email protected]>
TryBot-Result: Go Bot <[email protected]>
(cherry picked from commit e552a6d)
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/334371
Trust: Bryan C. Mills <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jay Conrod <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Michael Matloob <[email protected]>
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