cmd/go: go build -i results in "/usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: permission denied" #37962

xiaoxfan · 2020-03-20T09:07:48Z

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

$ go version
go version go1.14 darwin/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

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

go env Output

$ go env
GO111MODULE=""
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCACHE="/Users/hrbc/Library/Caches/go-build"
GOENV="/Users/hrbc/Library/Application Support/go/env"
GOEXE=""
GOFLAGS=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="darwin"
GOINSECURE=""
GONOPROXY=""
GONOSUMDB=""
GOOS="darwin"
GOPATH="/Users/hrbc/go"
GOPRIVATE=""
GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
GOROOT="/usr/local/go"
GOSUMDB="sum.golang.org"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64"
GCCGO="gccgo"
AR="ar"
CC="clang"
CXX="clang++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
GOMOD=""
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/var/folders/7n/bh7jk7s95_3gljs6gf3405k00000gn/T/go-build782113827=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches -fno-common"

What did you do?

build my project use -i
go build -i -v -o ./bin/demo-api .

What did you expect to see?

no error

What did you see instead?

go build -i -v -o ./bin/demo-api .
go build runtime/cgo: copying /Users/hrbc/Library/Caches/go-build/63/63a132c80210b5c7b4f4ed9a902aaec712c42b15e23aa2c1b1778e2f85165d04-d: open /usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: permission denied

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bcmills · 2020-03-20T14:45:46Z

This probably means that your go installation is read-only and/or owned by root instead of your user.

The -i flag is not particularly useful now that the go command has a build cache. Is there some particular reason you need it?

ppinter1 · 2020-03-22T17:21:01Z

I had the same error when I installed golang using the .pkg file. Oddly(?), it only offered to install system-wide (i.e. for all users) and all the files installed to /usr/local/go were owned by root.

Removing golang (sudo rm -fr /usr/local/go), downloading and expanding the latest tar file helped:

sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.14.1.darwin-amd64.tar.gz

I no longer have that fakakta error. If it matters, I'm on macOS Mojave 10.14.6.

jayconrod · 2020-03-23T15:13:43Z

To clarify, the -i flag tells the go command to install any rebuilt packages to their canonical locations. For runtime/cgo, that would be $GOROOT/pkg/darwin_amd64/runtime/cgo.a, which may be read-only, depending on how Go was installed.

Since Go 1.10, which introduced the build cache, the -i flag should rarely be needed. runtime/cgo.a will be stored there with a name like ~/Library/Caches/go-build/63/63a132c80210b5c7b4f4ed9a902aaec712c42b15e23aa2c1b1778e2f85165d04-d.

@xiaoxfan @ppinter1 Could you say more about what you're using -i for? If the intent is just to speed up future builds by caching compiled packages, it's no longer needed.

ppinter1 · 2020-03-23T16:18:45Z

In my case, I sometimes use the CLI, but mostly build projects using VScode with go extensions.

The VScode setting go.installDependenciesWhenBuilding defaults to true and adds the -i switch on building, but I believe that's a red herring and the underlying problem is that the go1.14.1.darwin-amd64.pkg file is hosed. If used, go gets installed with 'root' ownership.

However, using sudo to expand the go1.14.1.darwin-amd64.tar.gz file to /usr/local works.

jayconrod · 2020-03-23T16:43:13Z

@ppinter1 Thanks for clarifying. I remember changing the default was discussed in microsoft/vscode-go#2836. Maybe comment on that issue or open a new one?

It's expected that go1.14.1.darwin-amd64.pkg installs Go with root ownership. Any system-wide package installation should work that way. Personally, I use the .tar.gz files, but I have a script that chowns them to root so I don't accidentally mess up my installation later (I have in the past).

ppinter1 · 2020-03-23T17:54:08Z

Ah, okay. Thanks for clearing that up. It's a good day when I learn summit and today's a good day.

gopherbot · 2020-04-20T14:49:06Z

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dhazeghi · 2020-04-25T16:56:29Z

Atom and go-plus have exactly the same problem.

JacobAndrewSmith92 · 2020-07-13T17:01:02Z

In the event anyone else is still seeing this problem with Go 1.14. I use Homebrew as my package manager but when I was installing go, I downloaded and installed it from the golang website.
I had to:
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go

and install it via Homebrew:
brew install go

That resolved my issue.

bitxel · 2020-08-20T03:53:14Z

Another workaround:

sudo chown -R <your username> /usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/

andreagrandi · 2020-08-22T14:00:06Z

I installed Go 1.15 through the official installer and this still happens. Couldn't the installer provide a fix for this? Thanks

ianlancetaylor · 2020-08-22T19:11:35Z

@andreagrandi Don't use go build -i. There is no reason to use the -i option any more.

andreagrandi · 2020-08-22T20:07:20Z

@andreagrandi Don't use go build -i. There is no reason to use the -i option any more.

I didn't use the -i option directly. VSCode Go official extension must be using it somewhere, but I can't see it in this error messsage:

Should I open a bug in the VSCode Go extension then?

p.s: the workaround sudo chown -R <your username> /usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/ solved my issue.

ianlancetaylor · 2020-08-23T04:32:44Z

Should I open a bug in the VSCode Go extension then?

Sounds like it. It certainly shouldn't run go build -i by default, since, as you've discovered, it does not work in every environment.

jayconrod · 2020-08-24T13:51:04Z

@andreagrandi Please do file an issue at https://github.com/golang/vscode-go/issues.

Make sure to include a link to this issue and to microsoft/vscode-go#2836.

Note that microsoft/vscode-go#2836 is very closely related, but the decision there was to continue using -i because it was necessary in GOPATH mode. That flag should never be necessary in module mode though.

andreagrandi · 2020-08-24T15:32:39Z

@andreagrandi Please do file an issue at https://github.com/golang/vscode-go/issues.

Make sure to include a link to this issue and to microsoft/vscode-go#2836.

Note that microsoft/vscode-go#2836 is very closely related, but the decision there was to continue using -i because it was necessary in GOPATH mode. That flag should never be necessary in module mode though.

done golang/vscode-go#568

See golang/go#37962 (comment) for futher justifications.

See golang/go#37962 (comment) for futher justifications. Signed-off-by: Marques Johansson <marques@packet.com>

ref: golang/go#37962

bcmills added the WaitingForInfo Issue is not actionable because of missing required information, which needs to be provided. label Mar 20, 2020

bcmills changed the title ~~go1.14 go build -i cause /usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: permission denied~~ cmd/go: go build -i results in "/usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: permission denied" Mar 20, 2020

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Don't pass the -i flag to go when building zcash/lightwalletd#229

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make start fails with /usr/local/go/pkg/linux_amd64/os/user.a: permission denied argoproj/argo-workflows#3103

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Saving (with automatic build) a new .go file results in "/usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: permission denied" golang/vscode-go#568

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cmd/go: deprecate the -i flag #41696

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test: remove -i from go test, breaks testing from osx go from brew

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-i build flag can cause permissions issues for go installations owned by root bwplotka/bingo#50

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removes -i flag from go build as its deprecated

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removes -i flag from go build as its deprecated (#9)

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cmd/go: go build -i results in "/usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: permission denied" #37962

cmd/go: go build -i results in "/usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: permission denied" #37962

xiaoxfan commented Mar 20, 2020

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JacobAndrewSmith92 commented Jul 13, 2020 •

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cmd/go: go build -i results in "/usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: permission denied" #37962

cmd/go: go build -i results in "/usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: permission denied" #37962

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xiaoxfan commented Mar 20, 2020

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

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

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

What did you do?

What did you expect to see?

What did you see instead?

bcmills commented Mar 20, 2020

ppinter1 commented Mar 22, 2020

jayconrod commented Mar 23, 2020

ppinter1 commented Mar 23, 2020

jayconrod commented Mar 23, 2020

ppinter1 commented Mar 23, 2020

gopherbot commented Apr 20, 2020

dhazeghi commented Apr 25, 2020

JacobAndrewSmith92 commented Jul 13, 2020 • edited

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andreagrandi commented Aug 22, 2020

ianlancetaylor commented Aug 22, 2020

andreagrandi commented Aug 22, 2020

ianlancetaylor commented Aug 23, 2020

jayconrod commented Aug 24, 2020

andreagrandi commented Aug 24, 2020

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

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

JacobAndrewSmith92 commented Jul 13, 2020 •

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