# example.net/pkgremoved@v0.1.0 refers to a package. go get example.net/pkgremoved@v0.1.0 go list example.net/pkgremoved stdout '^example.net/pkgremoved' cp go.mod go.mod.orig # When we resolve a new dependency on example.net/other, # it will change the meaning of the path "example.net/pkgremoved" # from a package (at v0.1.0) to only a module (at v0.2.0). # # If we simultaneously 'get' that module at the query "patch", the module should # be constrained to the latest patch of its originally-selected version (v0.1.0), # not upgraded to the latest patch of the new transitive dependency. ! go get example.net/pkgremoved@patch example.net/other@v0.1.0 stderr '^go: example.net/other@v0.1.0 requires example.net/pkgremoved@v0.2.0, not example.net/pkgremoved@patch \(v0.1.1\)$' cmp go.mod.orig go.mod # However, we should be able to patch from a package to a module and vice-versa. # Package to module ... go get example.net/pkgremoved@v0.3.0 go list example.net/pkgremoved stdout 'example.net/pkgremoved' go get example.net/pkgremoved@patch ! go list example.net/pkgremoved # ... and module to package. go get example.net/pkgremoved@v0.4.0 ! go list example.net/pkgremoved go get example.net/pkgremoved@patch go list example.net/pkgremoved stdout 'example.net/pkgremoved' -- go.mod -- module example go 1.16 replace ( example.net/other v0.1.0 => ./other example.net/pkgremoved v0.1.0 => ./prpkg example.net/pkgremoved v0.1.1 => ./prpkg example.net/pkgremoved v0.2.0 => ./prmod example.net/pkgremoved v0.2.1 => ./prmod example.net/pkgremoved v0.3.0 => ./prpkg example.net/pkgremoved v0.3.1 => ./prmod example.net/pkgremoved v0.4.0 => ./prmod example.net/pkgremoved v0.4.1 => ./prpkg ) -- other/go.mod -- module example.net/other go 1.16 require example.net/pkgremoved v0.2.0 -- other/other.go -- package other -- prpkg/go.mod -- module example.net/pkgremoved go 1.16 -- prpkg/pkgremoved.go -- package pkgremoved -- prmod/go.mod -- module example.net/pkgremoved -- prmod/README.txt -- Package pkgremoved was removed in v0.2.0 and v0.3.1, and added in v0.1.0 and v0.4.1.