x/pkgsite/cmd/pkgsite: Can’t display any non-stdlib docs

[vfaronov]

What is the URL of the page with the issue?

http://localhost:8080/golang.org/x/sync/errgroup (and any other)

What is your user agent?

any

Screenshot

What did you do?

go mod init some.test/module
go get golang.org/x/sync/errgroup   # or any other
pkgsite

Then open the supposed URL for this package’s docs: http://localhost:8080/golang.org/x/sync/errgroup

This seems to happen with any package other than standard library. The standard library works, e.g. http://localhost:8080/net/http

It does work if I run pkgsite -cache, but then the standard library doesn’t work.

What did you see happen?

An error page (see screenshot). pkgsite produces the following log:

2024/04/11 16:09:14 Info: go/packages.Load(["all"]) loaded 0 packages from . in 7.62895ms
2024/04/11 16:09:14 Info: go/packages.Load(std) loaded 289 packages from /home/vasiliy/my.bulk/ware/go/1.22.0 in 227.310508ms
2024/04/11 16:09:14 Info: FetchDataSource: fetching some.test/[email protected]
2024/04/11 16:09:14 Info: FetchDataSource: fetched some.test/[email protected] using <nil> in 27.44µs with error some.test/[email protected]: not found
2024/04/11 16:09:14 Info: FetchDataSource: fetching std@latest
2024/04/11 16:09:14 Info: Listening on addr http://localhost:8080
2024/04/11 16:09:14 Info: FetchDataSource: fetched std@latest using *fetch.goPackagesModuleGetter in 141.052419ms with error <nil>
2024/04/11 16:09:24 Info: FetchDataSource: fetching golang.org/x/sync/errgroup@latest
2024/04/11 16:09:24 Info: FetchDataSource: fetched golang.org/x/sync/errgroup@latest using <nil> in 12.851µs with error golang.org/x/sync/errgroup@latest: not found
2024/04/11 16:09:24 Info: FetchDataSource: fetching golang.org/x/sync@latest
2024/04/11 16:09:24 Info: FetchDataSource: fetched golang.org/x/sync@latest using <nil> in 3.525µs with error golang.org/x/sync@latest: not found
2024/04/11 16:09:24 Info: returning 424 (Failed Dependency) for error serveUnitPage(ctx, w, r, ds, &{golang.org/x/sync/errgroup unknownModulePath latest}): 424 (Failed Dependency): <nil> (epage=&{{   <nil> false false   false false    }  <h3 class="Error-message">This page is not supported by this datasource.</h3> <nil>})

What did you expect to see?

The documentation for the golang.org/x/sync/errgroup package.

[adonovan]

I agree, these seem like two real usability bugs. To recap:

1. Without the rather obscure -cache flag, the server has no knowledge of modules not in the workspace, which is frustrating when starting a new module, or when browsing available modules to evaluate possible new dependencies.
2. With the -cache flag, std packages are not displayed at all.

@matloob