go get github.com/onsi/gomega/... produces error

[janakiramanmesh7]

src/github.com/onsi/gomega/gmeasure/cache.go:69:18: undefined: os.ReadDir

[blgm]

Hi @janakiramanmesh7

The os.ReadDir() function was added in Go 1.16. Go 1.16 is the minimum supported version of Go.

We realise that for various reasons people may need to stay on older versions of Go. In this case, it's worth pinning to a specific version of Gomega that supported that version. This allows for the Gomega project to move forward, and you can update at a later stage. For instance, you could use the release v1.16.0 as this does not have a usage of os.ReadDir().

[stmcginnis]

As of December, we're now on go 1.17. Even go 1.16 was dropped as of #532. Looks like this can be closed?

[thediveo]

Maybe we can document how to pin? Using a replace statement in go.mod?

[onsi]

imo I think it's ok to close this out. I imagine google will bring folks to this thread and they can pin to an older version. I don't think they need to do a replace (?) - rather go get github.com/onsi/gomega@v1.16.0 should be enough?