Thanks for the insights. I still need to figure out how to tell the `Config` method of the `go/types` package to look for imports at the right places. (which is probably at `$(go env GOMODCACHE)`)
Am So., 23. Feb. 2025 um 04:13 Uhr schrieb Kurtis Rader < kra...@skepticism.us>: > That book was first published in 2015 -- ten years ago. Things have > changed a lot since then. In particular, GOPATH mode is no longer the > default and effectively a historical artifact having been replaced by Go > module mode. In fact, Go modules were first introduced in Go 1.11 which was > released in 2018 -- three years after that book was first published. When > reading "how to" information, whether in a book or a blog post, you have to > consider when the advice was published and whether it is old enough to > still be relevant. > > I've never watched any videos by this person before but this video seems > like a thoughtful, relatively recent, review of the book: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79R27PMKcY0. In particular at the 5:50 > minute mark they point out that the book doesn't talk about Go modules and > GOPATH is no longer relevant. > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM Björn Försterling < > bjoern.foersterl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> according to "The Go Programming Lanuage" (Alan A. A. Donovan/Brian W. >> Kernighan) >> page 291 the "GOPATH" should have a subdirectory named "src". >> >> However that dir is not present on my system: >> >> $ ls $(go env GOPATH) >> bin pkg >> >> When doing a type check with the "go/types" package and the default >> importer (importer.Default()) it will also search the imported package >> inside GOPATH/src: >> >> could not import github.com/Code-Hex/Neo-cowsay/v2 (can't find import: " >> github.com/Code-Hex/Neo-cowsay/v2": cannot find package " >> github.com/Code-Hex/Neo-cowsay/v2" in any of: >> /usr/lib/go/src/github.com/Code-Hex/Neo-cowsay/v2 (from $GOROOT) >> /home/bf/go/src/github.com/Code-Hex/Neo-cowsay/v2 (from $GOPATH)) >> >> I installed the external package with "go get ..." and I am able to build >> the >> module that uses the external package. >> >> Does anyone know how it can happen that $GOPATH/src does not exist? >> >> Regards >> Bjoern >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/96b1e8c0-a280-4f55-815d-acff4985fb96n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/96b1e8c0-a280-4f55-815d-acff4985fb96n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Kurtis Rader > Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CA%2BD_Ns90oBmC3kTvSX75x_S%3DstHHoDGMJO4DW9ggxPG0HYg1dQ%40mail.gmail.com.
