cmd/go: 'go list' in module mode reports GOPATH Root and Target fields when the main module is in GOPATH/src

[perillo]

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

$ go version
go version go1.14beta1 linux/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes.

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

go env Output

$ go env
GO111MODULE="on"
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN="/home/manlio/.local/bin"
GOCACHE="/home/manlio/.cache/go-build"
GOENV="/home/manlio/.config/go/env"
GOEXE=""
GOFLAGS=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOINSECURE=""
GONOPROXY="github.com/perillo"
GONOSUMDB="github.com/perillo"
GOOS="linux"
GOPATH="/home/manlio/.local/lib/go:/home/manlio/src/go"
GOPRIVATE="github.com/perillo"
GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
GOROOT="/home/manlio/sdk/go1.14beta1"
GOSUMDB="sum.golang.org"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/home/manlio/sdk/go1.14beta1/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
GCCGO="gccgo"
AR="ar"
CC="gcc"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
GOMOD="/dev/null"
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 -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build892397541=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches"
GOROOT/bin/go version: go version go1.14beta1 linux/amd64
GOROOT/bin/go tool compile -V: compile version go1.14beta1
uname -sr: Linux 5.5.1-arch1-1
/usr/lib/libc.so.6: GNU C Library (GNU libc) stable release version 2.30.
gdb --version: GNU gdb (GDB) 8.3.1

What did you do?

From inside a module root directory, where pkg is a non main package.

go list -f 'Target: {{ .Target }}, Root: {{ .Root }}' ./pkg

What did you expect to see?

An empty Target, since with GO111MODULE=on the package archives are no more installed in $GOPATH.

What did you see instead?

Target: /home/manlio/src/go/pkg/linux_amd64/github.com/perillo/gocmd/pkglist.a, Root: /home/manlio/src/go

NOTE: if it is decided that Target will be left empty, I hope that Root will remain.

[bcmills]

Hmm, interesting.

In a module root outside of GOPATH, I get:

example.com$ go1.14beta1 list -f '{{.ImportPath}}: {{.Target}} (from {{.Root}})' ./foo
example.com/foo:  (from /tmp/tmp.x68zurPJpH/example.com)

And go install is a no-op.

However, in a module contained within GOPATH, I get:

~/src/golang.org/x/mod$ go1.14beta1 list -f '{{.ImportPath}}: {{.Target}} {{.Root}}' ./zip
golang.org/x/mod/zip: /usr/local/google/home/bcmills/pkg/linux_amd64/golang.org/x/mod/zip.a /usr/local/google/home/bcmills

~/src/golang.org/x/mod$ ls ~/pkg/linux_amd64/golang.org/x/mod/zip.a
ls: cannot access '/usr/local/google/home/bcmills/pkg/linux_amd64/golang.org/x/mod/zip.a': No such file or directory

~/src/golang.org/x/mod$ go1.14beta1 install ./zip

~/src/golang.org/x/mod$ ls ~/pkg/linux_amd64/golang.org/x/mod/zip.a
/usr/local/google/home/bcmills/pkg/linux_amd64/golang.org/x/mod/zip.a

So it appears that we are still computing (and using) the GOPATH-mode Root and Target even in module mode. I suspect this is related to #34860 and/or #29111.

CC @jayconrod @matloob

[bcmills]

The relevant branch seems to be here:

go/src/go/build/build.go

Line 545 in c8a91ed

if IsLocalImport(path) {

go/src/go/build/build.go

Line 592 in c8a91ed

p.Root = root

We probably should not be following the IsLocalImport branch in module mode at all.

[gopherbot]

Change https://go.dev/cl/410822 mentions this issue: cmd/go: set Root and target fields for packages in GOPATH

[matloob]

I think we should follow the IsLocalImport branch in module mode, but skip the branches that check if the package exists in of the GOPATH src directories.

[gopherbot]

Change https://go.dev/cl/414055 mentions this issue: cmd/internal/archive: don't rely on an erroneous install target in tests

[gopherbot]

Change https://go.dev/cl/416954 mentions this issue: misc/cgo/testcarchive: don't rely on an erroneous install target in tests

[gopherbot]

Change https://go.dev/cl/416955 mentions this issue: cmd/nm: don't rely on an erroneous install target in tests

[gopherbot]

Change https://go.dev/cl/417095 mentions this issue: cmd/go: in script tests, avoid checking non-main packages for staleness

[gopherbot]

Change https://go.dev/cl/417096 mentions this issue: misc/cgo/testcshared: don't rely on an erroneous install target in tests

[gopherbot]

Change https://go.dev/cl/417194 mentions this issue: misc/cgo/testshared: run tests only in GOPATH mode

[gopherbot]

This issue is currently labeled as early-in-cycle for Go 1.20.
That time is now, so a friendly reminder to look at it again.

[gopherbot]

Change https://go.dev/cl/412476 mentions this issue: cmd/go: clear GOPATH from build context when importing from module