Build Fails Due to Dependency Version Mismatch

[back678]

Description

While reproducing the project, we found that the build process fails due to mismatched or unresolved dependencies.

The following error log was produced during the build process:

......

go: found github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify in github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0

go: finding module for package github.com/gizak/termui

go: github.com/ChrisPenner/LumberJack imports

github.com/gizak/termui: module github.com/gizak/termui@latest found (v3.1.0+incompatible), but does not contain package github.com/gizak/termui

Result

The build fails with errors related to missing or mismatched dependencies.

The error dependency is github.com/gizak/termui .

The build process automatically pulls the latest dependency versions by default. However, the required package github.com/gizak/termui is not included in version v3.1.0+incompatible.

Reason

This issue appears to be caused by the absence of precise version tracking in GOPATH, which leads to inconsistency in dependency resolution.

Proposed Solution

To resolve this issue, we analyzed the project and identified the correct versions of the required dependencies.

The analysis shows that the correct version for the dependency github.com/gizak/termui is v2.3.0 .

Consider adopting this suggested version to prevent other developers from encountering build failures when constructing the project.

This information can be documented in the README.md file or another relevant location.

Additional Suggestions

To ensure reproducible builds and align with the evolving trends of the Go programming language, it is recommended that the current project be migrated to the Go module mechanism.

Updating to the go module mechanism allows for managing third-party dependency versions through the go.mod file, which provides a centralized and consistent way to specify dependency constraints.

We have generated a go.mod file with the correct versions of the third-party dependencies needed for this project.

The suggested go.mod file is as follows:

Go module github.com/ChrisPenner/LumberJack

  

go 1.23.4

  

require (

github.com/gizak/termui v2.3.0+incompatible

github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0

)

  

require (

github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect

github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0 // indirect

github.com/maruel/panicparse v1.6.2 // indirect

github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 // indirect

github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v1.0.1 // indirect

github.com/nsf/termbox-go v1.1.1 // indirect

github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect

github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 // indirect

golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 // indirect

gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7 // indirect

gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 // indirect

)

Here the +incompatible suffix in go.mod indicates that the module does not follow Go Modules' semantic versioning (SemVer) rules correctly. But Go can still build and run the project normally despite the +incompatible tag.

Additional Information:

This issue was identified as part of our research project focused on automating the analysis of GOPATH projects to provide accurate dependency versions for seamless migration to Go Modules. We value your feedback and would appreciate any comments or suggestions regarding this approach.

[back678]

Looking forward to your response!

Could we update README.md to help other developers use the Go module to build the projects or submit pull requests with go.mod to apply our suggestions?
@ChrisPenner

[ChrisPenner]

@back678 I took a look at your account, it's brand new this month, and you've opened 30 other nearly identical issues on other repositories which are clearly all the same template.

Are you a bot? Testing some automated issue submitting scripts? Just curious what's going on here.

Ah; I see at the end you mention automating upgrades; respectfully, in that case it'd be much more helpful to automate pull requests, not just issues.

[back678]

I am not a bot, I have developed a tool to help developers rebuild projects and migrate from GoPath to Go Modules, and I look forward to receiving your feedback. Submitting an ISSUE is to obtain your permission. I'm sorry to bother you, but if possible, I can submit a PR.
@ChrisPenner