Cannot install go version due to missing binpath

[AndreasBergmeier6176]

What version of Go, VS Code & VS Code Go extension are you using?

Version Information

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1.89.0
b58957e67ee1e712cebf466b995adf4c5307b2bd
x64

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  • v0.41.4

Describe the bug

When I select the version to install (1.21.10), I get:

Could not install ${goOption.binpath}

Sadly from the error message I cannot debug what is wrong or how to fix it

[hyangah]

Thanks for the report. There was a bug in error printing that we need to fix.
About the root cause - can you open the "Go" output channel and see what's printed there?

There should be a log message that looks like Error installing golang.org/dl/go1.x.x: ....

[gopherbot]

Change https://go.dev/cl/586255 mentions this issue: extension/src/goEnvironmentStatus: fix error string

[adonovan]

There is insufficient information here to identify the problem. Could you describe more fully the sequence of steps you tried, and exactly what happened?

[AndreasBergmeier6176]

Thanks for the report. There was a bug in error printing that we need to fix. About the root cause - can you open the "Go" output channel and see what's printed there?

There should be a log message that looks like Error installing golang.org/dl/go1.x.x: ....

It says:

2024-05-23 08:28:53.258 [error] Error installing golang.org/dl/go1.22.3: failed to install go1.22.3(golang.org/dl/go1.22.3@latest): Error: Command failed: /usr/bin/go install -v golang.org/dl/go1.22.3@latest
golang.org/dl/internal/version
# golang.org/dl/internal/version
../../../../go/pkg/mod/golang.org/dl@v0.0.0-20240507154152-429173cd35bf/internal/version/version.go:537:38: undefined: signalsToIgnore

[hyangah]

@AndreasBergmeier6176 Thanks! Have you tried
go install golang.org/dl/go1.22.3@latest from your terminal?

Do you mind what operating system you are using? The signalsToIgnore is defined in
https://github.com/golang/dl/blob/master/internal/version/signal_unix.go and signal_notunix.go.
From the build tag, I see this handles only unix, js, wasip1, plan9, windows.

[AndreasBergmeier6176]

Have you tried
go install golang.org/dl/go1.22.3@latest from your terminal?

Gives the same error message

Do you mind what operating system you are using?

Ubuntu 22.04.4
go version go1.18.1 linux/amd64

[hyangah]

Thanks.
Looks like recently golang.org/dl/go* changed to require supported go versions for installation.
Unfortunately ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS is still using go1.18, which is already out of the range supported by the Go project https://go.dev/doc/devel/release#policy.

Some options:

• If you don't want to change the system default go, download a newer go version and configure the "go.toolsManagement.go": "<path_to_the_newer_go_binary>" setting.
• Install a new version of go in your system and use it as the system default go version (https://go.dev/wiki/Ubuntu or https://go.dev/doc/install#install), or
• Upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04... (which has go 1.22. After go1.22, the go toolchain auto updates so this type of issues shouldn't happen)

[AndreasBergmeier6176]

In this case maybe the sensible way would be for this extension to download 1.22 and execute e.g. go install golang.org/dl/go1.22.3@latest using that downloaded version?