fails on ubuntu 16.04 when go is installed with snap package manager

[peterrosell]

I have been running goconvey at home for a while and it works great. Now I tried it on my work laptop and I don't get any tests to run. I see this in the logs:

Potential error parsing output of gitlab.pagero.local/infra/gocd-cleaner/cmd/client ; couldn't handle this stray line: go test runtime/cgo: open /snap/go/2130/pkg/linux_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: read-only file system

I notice the difference that I have installed golang, version 1.10.3, at work with ubuntu's snap package manager, but at home I have used apt-get and the package from ppa:gophers, version 1.10.0.

I think the problem is how and where go is installed and not the version. I haven't found a newer version to install via the ppa:gophers.

Workaround I uninstalled the snap package for go and installed it with the ppa:gophers and now it works.

[VMitov]

I installed go from the official tarball and I also have this issue. Any updates?

[timestee]

Any updates? I just run into the same problem under mac osx with go1.14.3.

[ChappIO]

I have the exact some issue on Mac. I installed using the official Mac package installer.

% go version
go version go1.14.4 darwin/amd64

% $GOPATH/bin/goconvey
2020/07/18 11:20:21 goconvey.go:61: Initial configuration: [host: 127.0.0.1] [port: 8080] [poll: 250ms] [cover: true]
2020/07/18 11:20:21 goconvey.go:232: Could not find or create the coverage report directory (at: '/Users/chappio/go/pkg/mod/github.com/smartystreets/[email protected]/web/client/reports'). You probably won't see any coverage statistics...
2020/07/18 11:20:21 tester.go:19: Now configured to test 10 packages concurrently.
2020/07/18 11:20:21 goconvey.go:178: Serving HTTP at: http://127.0.0.1:8080
2020/07/18 11:20:21 goconvey.go:105: Launching browser on 127.0.0.1:8080
2020/07/18 11:20:21 integration.go:122: File system state modified, publishing current folders... 0 3190128630
2020/07/18 11:20:21 goconvey.go:118: Received request from watcher to execute tests...
2020/07/18 11:20:21 goconvey.go:113: 
2020/07/18 11:20:21 executor.go:69: Executor status: 'executing'
2020/07/18 11:20:21 coordinator.go:46: Executing concurrent tests: superscreenpi-run-webapp/cmd/sspi-webapp
Potential error parsing output of superscreenpi-run-webapp/cmd/sspi-webapp ; couldn't handle this stray line: go test runtime/cgo: copying /Users/chappio/Library/Caches/go-build/c9/c98ec99950f6a719f87ae12ba24830893366a8e8b6fde1fe2e8cf8721f80e922-d: open /usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: permission denied
2020/07/18 11:20:22 parser.go:24: []: superscreenpi-run-webapp/cmd/sspi-webapp
2020/07/18 11:20:22 executor.go:69: Executor status: 'idle'

[ChappIO]

My test case:

1. Install go using the Mac package installer
2. Create a go module: go mod init testcase
3. Create main.go:

   package main
   
   import ( 
      	_ "golang.org/x/net/websocket" // this import seems to trigger the use of runtime/cgo
   )    
   
   func Test() int {
      return 4
   }
   

4. Create main_test.go:

   package main
   
   import (
     "github.com/smartystreets/goconvey/convey"
     "testing"
   )
   
   func TestTest(t *testing.T) {
     convey.Convey("The test works", t, func() {
       convey.So(Test(), convey.ShouldEqual, 4)
     })
   }
   

5. Run go test -v -cover

   === RUN   TestTest
   
     The test works ✔
   
   
   1 total assertion
   
   --- PASS: TestTest (0.00s)
   PASS
   coverage: 100.0% of statements
   ok  	testcase	0.005s
   

6. Run ~/go/bin/goconvey:

   2020/07/18 11:34:14 goconvey.go:61: Initial configuration: [host: 127.0.0.1] [port: 8080] [poll: 250ms] [cover: true]
   2020/07/18 11:34:14 goconvey.go:232: Could not find or create the coverage report directory (at: '/Users/chappio/go/pkg/mod/github.com/smartystreets/[email protected]/web/client/reports'). You probably won't see any coverage statistics...
   2020/07/18 11:34:14 tester.go:19: Now configured to test 10 packages concurrently.
   2020/07/18 11:34:14 goconvey.go:178: Serving HTTP at: http://127.0.0.1:8080
   2020/07/18 11:34:14 goconvey.go:105: Launching browser on 127.0.0.1:8080
   2020/07/18 11:34:14 integration.go:122: File system state modified, publishing current folders... 0 3190129516
   2020/07/18 11:34:14 goconvey.go:118: Received request from watcher to execute tests...
   2020/07/18 11:34:14 goconvey.go:113: 
   2020/07/18 11:34:14 executor.go:69: Executor status: 'executing'
   2020/07/18 11:34:14 coordinator.go:46: Executing concurrent tests: testcase
   Potential error parsing output of testcase ; couldn't handle this stray line: go test runtime/cgo: copying /Users/chappio/Library/Caches/go-build/c9/c98ec99950f6a719f87ae12ba24830893366a8e8b6fde1fe2e8cf8721f80e922-d: open /usr/local/go/pkg/darwin_amd64/runtime/cgo.a: permission denied
   2020/07/18 11:34:14 parser.go:24: []: testcase
   2020/07/18 11:34:14 executor.go:69: Executor status: 'idle'
   

[ChappIO]

My workaround is to NOT install go locally but allow goland to download the go sdk to my home folder.