Weird loading workspace errors (strange packages)

[jef]

Problem

I'm continually getting these errors:

Error loading workspace: err: exit status 1: stderr: cannot find package "-e" in any of: /usr/local/opt/go/libexec/src/-e (from $GOROOT) /Users/<username>/.go/src/-e (from $GOPATH) cannot find package "-f" in any of: /usr/local/opt/go/libexec/src/-f (from $GOROOT) /Users/<username>/.go/src/-f (from $GOPATH) cannot find package "{{context.ReleaseTags}}" in any of: /usr/local/opt/go/libexec/src/{{context.ReleaseTags}} (from $GOROOT) /Users/<username>/.go/src/{{context.ReleaseTags}} (from $GOPATH) : packages.Load error

It's strange that it's trying to find these packages. They seem totally incorrect and somehow getting picked up.

I also ran >Go: Install/Update Tools, but didn't seem to fix (even though quite outdated).

Question

How do I fix this? 😅

Environment

Checking configured tools....
GOBIN: /Users/<username>/.go/bin
toolsGopath: 
gopath: /Users/<username>/.go
GOROOT: /usr/local/opt/go/libexec
PATH: /usr/local/opt/go/libexec/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/Users/<username>/.go/bin:<redacted>

   gopkgs: /Users/<username>/.go/bin/gopkgs installed
   go-outline: /Users/<username>/.go/bin/go-outline installed
   gotests: /Users/<username>/.go/bin/gotests installed
   gomodifytags: /Users/<username>/.go/bin/gomodifytags installed
   impl: /Users/<username>/.go/bin/impl installed
   goplay: /Users/<username>/.go/bin/goplay installed
   dlv: /Users/<username>/.go/bin/dlv installed
   dlv-dap: dlv-dap not installed
   staticcheck: /Users/<username>/.go/bin/staticcheck installed
   gopls: /Users/<username>/.go/bin/gopls installed

go env
Workspace Folder (tmp.dodDhsRh): /private/var/folders/4r/8r1g__pn3w360gzv51wfd3rhl1305x/T/tmp.dodDhsRh
	GO111MODULE=""
	GOARCH="amd64"
	GOBIN="/Users/<username>/.go/bin"
	GOCACHE="/Users/<username>/Library/Caches/go-build"
	GOENV="/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/go/env"
	GOEXE=""
	GOFLAGS=""
	GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
	GOHOSTOS="darwin"
	GOINSECURE=""
	GOMODCACHE="/Users/<username>/.go/pkg/mod"
	GONOPROXY=""
	GONOSUMDB=""
	GOOS="darwin"
	GOPATH="/Users/<username>/.go"
	GOPRIVATE=""
	GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
	GOROOT="/usr/local/opt/go/libexec"
	GOSUMDB="off"
	GOTMPDIR=""
	GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/opt/go/libexec/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64"
	GOVCS=""
	GOVERSION="go1.16.3"
	GCCGO="gccgo"
	AR="ar"
	CC="clang"
	CXX="clang++"
	CGO_ENABLED="1"
	GOMOD="/var/folders/4r/8r1g__pn3w360gzv51wfd3rhl1305x/T/tmp.dodDhsRh/go.mod"
	CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
	CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
	CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
	CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
	CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
	PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
	GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -arch x86_64 -m64 -pthread -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/var/folders/4r/8r1g__pn3w360gzv51wfd3rhl1305x/T/go-build2594453877=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches -fno-common"

$ go version
go version go1.16.3 darwin/amd64

$ gopls -v version
Build info
----------
golang.org/x/tools/gopls v0.6.9
    golang.org/x/tools/gopls@v0.6.9 h1:LBBcE2y3Tb4bp79JVLWCQBbvYCFEs5ADGWsQDoSLk1Q=
    github.com/BurntSushi/toml@v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
    github.com/google/go-cmp@v0.5.4 h1:L8R9j+yAqZuZjsqh/z+F1NCffTKKLShY6zXTItVIZ8M=
    github.com/sergi/go-diff@v1.1.0 h1:we8PVUC3FE2uYfodKH/nBHMSetSfHDR6scGdBi+erh0=
    golang.org/x/mod@v0.4.1 h1:Kvvh58BN8Y9/lBi7hTekvtMpm07eUZ0ck5pRHpsMWrY=
    golang.org/x/sync@v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9 h1:SQFwaSi55rU7vdNs9Yr0Z324VNlrF+0wMqRXT4St8ck=
    golang.org/x/sys@v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c h1:VwygUrnw9jn88c4u8GD3rZQbqrP/tgas88tPUbBxQrk=
    golang.org/x/tools@v0.1.1-0.20210319172145-bda8f5cee399 h1:O5bm8buX/OaamnfcBrkjn0SPUIU30jFmaS8lP+ikkxs=
    golang.org/x/xerrors@v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1 h1:go1bK/D/BFZV2I8cIQd1NKEZ+0owSTG1fDTci4IqFcE=
    honnef.co/go/tools@v0.1.1 h1:EVDuO03OCZwpV2t/tLLxPmPiomagMoBOgfPt0FM+4IY=
    mvdan.cc/gofumpt@v0.1.0 h1:hsVv+Y9UsZ/mFZTxJZuHVI6shSQCtzZ11h1JEFPAZLw=
    mvdan.cc/xurls/v2@v2.2.0 h1:NSZPykBXJFCetGZykLAxaL6SIpvbVy/UFEniIfHAa8A=

$ code -v
1.55.0
c185983a683d14c396952dd432459097bc7f757f
x64

[stamblerre]

Can you please share your gopls logs? Information on how to capture them can be found here.

[stamblerre]

Also, do you possibly have a wrapper script around the go command? This looks like an issue with argument passing.

[jef]

Hey @stamblerre, I just found the issue. I suppose it had to do with some old settings I had in my settings.json?

Removing these lines:

{
    "go.buildFlags": [
        "-v",
        "cmd"
    ],
}

Seemed to do the trick. Kind of strange, but probably from some old extension. In turn, I ended up removing all go.* related settings and start from scratch. Seems to be working great.

Thanks for helping me troubleshoot!