gobin does not work at all on Windows

[tssajo]

This is a very useful program! It works perfectly on Linux. But it does not work at all on Windows 7 x64 :(

Can you please fix it?

Please let me know if you need any specific info from me or if you want me to test something for you on Windows. Thanks!

[rjeczalik]

But it does not work at all on Windows 7 x64 :(

Do you have any error messages, screencasts etc. which demonstrate the problem?

[tssajo]

@rjeczalik No screencast and no error messages. Here is what's happening. I go to the CMD prompt and then: CD %GOPATH%\bin
I got into the directory where gobin.exe is installed. On my PC it is: C:\gocode\bin
then I run the program: gobin and it immediately returns with no output at all. But there are a bunch of binaries in my bin directory. Please see this screenshot:

Here is the output of go env :

Please let me know what do you want me to test. Thanks!

[rjeczalik]

@tssajo Thanks, it's enough for me.

[tssajo]

Hello,
Did you manage to fix this bug?
Please let me know!
Thanks!

[rjeczalik]

@tssajo No, sorry - I was overwhelmed with other activities and in the meantime I lost access to my only windows box. Maybe you could troubleshoot this for me?

• what does gobin C:\gocode\bin output?
• add the following line after this line, build gobin again, run it and paste the output

fmt.Println(path, canwrite, fi.IsDir, fi.Mode().Regular(), IsExecutable(path), IsBinary(path))

[tssajo]

Yes, I'll troubleshoot! That's what I wanted to offer, actually.

I add that line now and I get back to you in a few minutes.

[tssajo]

hm. the quick result is:

But I fix this, do not worry.
I get back to you in a moment

[rjeczalik]

Typo - should be:

fmt.Println(path, canwrite, fi.IsDir, fi.Mode().IsRegular(), IsExecutable(path), IsBinary(path))

[tssajo]

Yes, I just fixed that line to this:
fmt.Println(path, canwrite, fi.IsDir, fi.Mode().IsRegular(), IsExecutable(path), IsBinary(path))

It compiles now.

However, the Go 1.10 build command does not place the gobin program into my bin directory... I do not know why. I investigate...

[rjeczalik]

However, the Go 1.10 build command does not place the gobin program into my bin directory

Try go install.

[rjeczalik]

Oh, please ensure you install .\cmd\gobin - this is where main lives.

[tssajo]

Well, I tried that already but nothing! :(

See:

So go build runs with no errors, same for go install but the binary file is nowhere to be found... :(

I've never seen this before. But maybe I am doing something wrong...

Or the freshly installed Go 1.10 just doesn't work for some reason. (I installed it less than an hour ago.)

Any ideas?

[rjeczalik]

Any ideas?

See my second comment, run go install in ...\rjeczalik\bin\cmd\gobin.

[tssajo]

OK, It got installed when I ran go install from that sub-directory

[tssajo]

Here is the output:

[tssajo]

I have no idea why it is looking at my nodejs ( installed via npm ) binaries....

[rjeczalik]

It looks for every executable file in %PATH%.

[tssajo]

OK

Anyhow, for all go binary files the results are:
true 0x60f4a0 true true true

as you can see

[tssajo]

one thing I can think of: in Windows the directory separator is "\" while on *nix it is "/"
could this difference cause this problem?
see: https://golang.org/pkg/os/#PathSeparator

[rjeczalik]

Oh sorry, another typo - it's a middle of a night for me. Could you try this line instead:

fmt.Println(path, canwrite, fi.IsDir(), fi.Mode().IsRegular(), IsExecutable(path), IsBinary(path))

[tssajo]

Sure. Results:

Middle of night here, too. I'm in Hungary.

[tssajo]

I ran it with your suggested CLI arg, see:

Now it only checks that directory for binaries. But the output for those files are the same as above.

[rjeczalik]

Ok, so file modes are ok, most likely the thing that fails is reading import path from a binary. Could you:

• add the line below here

fmt.Printf("which.NewExec(%q) failed: %#v\n", path, err)

• and one here below

fmt.Printf("importpkg(%q) failed: %#v\n", p.path, err)

[tssajo]

Sure. Results are:

C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\cleancss true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\cleancss.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\css-beautify true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\css-beautify.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\csslint true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\csslint.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\etc true true false false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\gulp true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\gulp.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\html-beautify true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\html-beautify.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\html-minifier true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\html-minifier.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\html2jade true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\html2jade.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\js-beautify true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\js-beautify.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\jshint true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\jshint.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\jsxhint true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\jsxhint.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\minjson true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\minjson.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node-gyp true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node-gyp.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\nodemon true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\nodemon.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules true true false false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\pakmanager true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\pakmanager.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\svgo true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\svgo.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\uglifycss true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\uglifycss.cmd true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\uglifyjs true false true false false
C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\uglifyjs.cmd true false true false false
C:\gocode\bin\benchcmp.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\bundle.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\callgraph.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\compilebench.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\cover.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\digraph.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\eg.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\fiximports.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\getgo.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\go-contrib-init.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\gobin.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\gocode.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\godef.exe true false true true true
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\benchcmp.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\benchcmp.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
C:\gocode\bin\godex.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\godoc.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\goimports.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\golint.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\gomvpkg.exe true false true true true
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\compilebench.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\compilebench.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\bundle.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\bundle.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\digraph.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\digraph.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
C:\gocode\bin\gorename.exe true false true true true
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\fiximports.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\fiximports.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
C:\gocode\bin\gotype.exe true false true true true
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\callgraph.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\callgraph.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\gobin.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\gobin.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\go-contrib-init.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\go-contrib-init.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
C:\gocode\bin\goyacc.exe true false true true true
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\eg.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\eg.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
C:\gocode\bin\guru.exe true false true true true
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\cover.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\cover.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\gocode.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\gocode.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
C:\gocode\bin\heapview.exe true false true true true
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\godex.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\godex.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\golint.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\golint.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\getgo.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\getgo.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
C:\gocode\bin\html2article.exe true false true true true
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\goimports.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\goimports.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\gorename.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\gorename.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
C:\gocode\bin\present.exe true false true true true
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\godef.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\godef.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
C:\gocode\bin\ssadump.exe true false true true true
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\gomvpkg.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\gomvpkg.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\html2article.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\html2article.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\goyacc.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\goyacc.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
C:\gocode\bin\stress.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\stringer.exe true false true true true
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\godoc.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\godoc.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
C:\gocode\bin\tip.exe true false true true true
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\heapview.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\heapview.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
C:\gocode\bin\toolstash.exe true false true true true
C:\gocode\bin\_err.txt true false true false false
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\gotype.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\gotype.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\guru.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\guru.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\stress.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\stress.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\present.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\present.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\toolstash.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\toolstash.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\ssadump.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\ssadump.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\stringer.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\stringer.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
which.NewExec("C:\\gocode\\bin\\tip.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}
importpkg("C:\\gocode\\bin\\tip.exe") failed: &errors.errorString{s:"which: not a Go executable"}

[rjeczalik]

That is what I was afraid of, something here fails, and that would not be easy to debug remotely.

You could give it a shot, if you want, just log all the errors there and see what we may get. My hunch is something in debug/pe package changed which is not backward-compatible, and this is why it fails.

[tssajo]

OK, I will check it out. But only tomorrow, not tonight.

I'll report you back what I've found.

If I manage to fix it, I'll submit a PR.

Thanks for trying to help tonight!