go install fails when GOPROXY is empty

[juchem]

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

go version go1.21.0 linux/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

yes

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

GO111MODULE=''
GOARCH='amd64'
GOBIN='/usr/local/bin'
GOCACHE='/var/cache/go/cache'
GOENV='/var/cache/go/env'
GOEXE=''
GOEXPERIMENT=''
GOFLAGS=''
GOHOSTARCH='amd64'
GOHOSTOS='linux'
GOINSECURE=''
GOMODCACHE='/var/cache/go/mod-cache'
GONOPROXY=''
GONOSUMDB=''
GOOS='linux'
GOPATH='/var/cache/go/path'
GOPRIVATE=''
GOPROXY=''
GOROOT='/usr/local/go'
GOSUMDB=''
GOTMPDIR=''
GOTOOLCHAIN=''
GOTOOLDIR='/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64'
GOVCS=''
GOVERSION='go1.21.0'
GCCGO='gccgo'
GOAMD64='v1'
AR='ar'
CC='gcc'
CXX='g++'
CGO_ENABLED='0'
GOMOD='/dev/null'
GOWORK=''
CGO_CFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_CPPFLAGS=''
CGO_CXXFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_FFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_LDFLAGS='-O2 -g'
PKG_CONFIG='pkg-config'
GOGCCFLAGS='-fPIC -m64 -Wl,--no-gc-sections -fmessage-length=0 -ffile-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build319333080=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches'

What did you do?

attempting to install a tool with go install when no GOPROXY is set fails:

$ go install -v -x golang.org/x/lint/golint@latest
go: golang.org/x/lint/golint@latest: GOPROXY list is not the empty string, but contains no entries

Manually setting a proxy to something other than the empty string succeeds:

$ GOPROXY=proxy.golang.org go install -v -x golang.org/x/lint/golint@latest
# get https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/@v/list
# get https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/lint/@v/list
# get https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/lint/golint/@v/list
# get https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/@v/list
# get https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/@v/list: 404 Not Found (0.087s)
# get https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/@v/list: 404 Not Found (0.086s)
# get https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/lint/@v/list: 200 OK (0.098s)
# get https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/lint/@latest
# get https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/lint/@latest: 200 OK (0.037s)
# get https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/lint/@v/v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616.mod
# get https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/lint/golint/@v/list: 404 Not Found (0.136s)
# get https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/lint/@v/v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616.mod: 200 OK (0.015s)
go: downloading golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616
# get https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/lint/@v/v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616.zip
# get https://proxy.golang.org/golang.org/x/lint/@v/v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616.zip: 200 OK (0.014s)
go: golang.org/x/lint/golint@latest: golang.org/x/[email protected]: verifying module: missing GOSUMDB

$ GOPROXY=direct go install -v -x golang.org/x/lint/golint@latest
# get https://golang.org/?go-get=1
# get https://golang.org/x/lint/golint?go-get=1
# get https://golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1
# get https://golang.org/x?go-get=1
# get https://golang.org/x/lint/golint?go-get=1: 200 OK (0.092s)
get "golang.org/x/lint/golint": found meta tag vcs.metaImport{Prefix:"golang.org/x/lint", VCS:"git", RepoRoot:"https://go.googlesource.com/lint"} at //golang.org/x/lint/golint?go-get=1
get "golang.org/x/lint/golint": verifying non-authoritative meta tag
# get https://golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1
# get https://golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1: 200 OK (0.093s)
get "golang.org/x/lint": found meta tag vcs.metaImport{Prefix:"golang.org/x/lint", VCS:"git", RepoRoot:"https://go.googlesource.com/lint"} at //golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1
mkdir -p /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs # git3 https://go.googlesource.com/lint
# lock /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307.lock
# /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307 for git3 https://go.googlesource.com/lint
cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git ls-remote -q origin
# get https://golang.org/x/lint?go-get=1: 200 OK (0.041s)
# get https://golang.org/?go-get=1: 200 OK (0.202s)
# get https://golang.org/x?go-get=1: 200 OK (0.276s)
0.185s # cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git ls-remote -q origin
cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git -c log.showsignature=false log --no-decorate -n1 '--format=format:%H %ct %D' 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6 --
0.001s # cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git -c log.showsignature=false log --no-decorate -n1 '--format=format:%H %ct %D' 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6 --
cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git for-each-ref --format %(refname) refs/tags --merged 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6
0.001s # cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git for-each-ref --format %(refname) refs/tags --merged 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6
cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git for-each-ref --format %(refname) refs/tags --merged 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6
0.001s # cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git for-each-ref --format %(refname) refs/tags --merged 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6
cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git -c log.showsignature=false log --no-decorate -n1 '--format=format:%H %ct %D' 6edffad5e616 --
0.001s # cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git -c log.showsignature=false log --no-decorate -n1 '--format=format:%H %ct %D' 6edffad5e616 --
cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git cat-file blob 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6:go.mod
0.001s # cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git cat-file blob 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6:go.mod
cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git cat-file blob 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6:golint/go.mod
0.001s # cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git cat-file blob 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6:golint/go.mod
cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git cat-file blob 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6:go.mod
0.001s # cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git cat-file blob 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6:go.mod
cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git cat-file blob 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6:go.mod
0.001s # cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git cat-file blob 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6:go.mod
go: downloading golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616
cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git cat-file blob 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6:go.mod
0.001s # cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git cat-file blob 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6:go.mod
cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git cat-file blob 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6:go.mod
0.001s # cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git cat-file blob 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6:go.mod
cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git cat-file blob 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6:go.mod
0.001s # cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git cat-file blob 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6:go.mod
cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git -c core.autocrlf=input -c core.eol=lf archive --format=zip --prefix=prefix/ 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6
0.006s # cd /var/cache/go/mod-cache/cache/vcs/716d0082b8f26fcf2fc1ee11162cffec6127a782d0c9b4b7d94607517e903307; git -c core.autocrlf=input -c core.eol=lf archive --format=zip --prefix=prefix/ 6edffad5e6160f5949cdefc81710b2706fbcd4f6
go: golang.org/x/lint/golint@latest: golang.org/x/[email protected]: verifying module: missing GOSUMDB

What did you expect to see?

This behavior differs drastically from previous versions of go and breaks all our CI and dev environments.

I didn't find any mentions of this new behavior in the release notes: https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.21

What did you see instead?

error message: GOPROXY list is not the empty string, but contains no entries

[seankhliao]

How did you install go and what's in $GOROOT/go.env?

[juchem]

go was built from sources following these instructions: https://go.dev/doc/install/source

The file $GOROOT/go.env does not exist:

$ cat $(go env GOROOT)/go.env
cat: /usr/local/go/go.env: No such file or directory

I've added the output of go env to the issue description.

I found one mention of the same issue from a SUSE Linux mailing list: https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2023-August/031016.html

[seankhliao]

Our sources have go.env in the root, that's where the defaults are now set.
You should look into why yours don't.

[juchem]

@seankhliao I just rebuilt golang 1.21 after your previous message and noticed that go.env is indeed generated, but we're not copying it to $GOROOT.

Is there a list of which files are required to be copied over from the build directory?

I'll go ahead and close this issue since it's on our end.