go module @latest found but does not contain package

Question

I'm trying to make use of go module for the first time. What exactly the following error message is telling me?

module github.com/mkideal/cli@latest found (v0.2.2), but does not contain package github.com/mkideal/cli
module github.com/mkideal/cli@latest found (v0.2.2), but does not contain package github.com/mkideal/cli/ext

It happens during go build, whereas go get is just fine:

$ go get -v github.com/mkideal/cli
go: github.com/mkideal/cli upgrade => v0.2.2

but not go get -v ./..., which gave me the same error as above. My proxy setting looks OK:

$ go env | grep GOPROXY
GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"

Is it a problem of the go module/package I'm trying to use, or my own code's problem? -- I took a look at https://github.com/mkideal/cli/blob/master/go.mod and it seems fine to me.

See the following update for details.

How can I overcome the situation? (I'm getting the same error message for my own repo as well)

UPDATE:

Here is the full log how I'm getting the above error:

• prepare /tmp/015-file from https://github.com/mkideal/cli/blob/master/_examples/015-file
• do go mod init
• then go build

Now the details:

$ cd /tmp/015-file

$ GO111MODULE=on

$ go mod init github.com/mkideal/cli/015-file
go: creating new go.mod: module github.com/mkideal/cli/015-file

$ cat go.mod 
module github.com/mkideal/cli/015-file

go 1.14

$ go build
go: finding module for package github.com/mkideal/cli
go: finding module for package github.com/mkideal/cli/ext
main.go:6:2: module github.com/mkideal/cli@latest found (v0.2.2), but does not contain package github.com/mkideal/cli
main.go:7:2: module github.com/mkideal/cli@latest found (v0.2.2), but does not contain package github.com/mkideal/cli/ext

$ go get -v github.com/mkideal/cli
go: github.com/mkideal/cli upgrade => v0.2.2

$ go get -v ./...
go: finding module for package github.com/mkideal/cli
go: finding module for package github.com/mkideal/cli/ext
go: finding module for package github.com/mkideal/cli
go: finding module for package github.com/mkideal/cli/ext
main.go:6:2: module github.com/mkideal/cli@latest found (v0.2.2), but does not contain package github.com/mkideal/cli
main.go:7:2: module github.com/mkideal/cli@latest found (v0.2.2), but does not contain package github.com/mkideal/cli/ext

$ go version
go version go1.14.1 linux/amd64

Answer 1

Try clearing cache: go clean -modcache

For more info on how this command works, use go help clean

Answer 2

• Update to go version go1.14.3 linux/amd64
• Clear go module cache

don't know which one solved the problem (or both), now AOK.

Answer 3

In my case cleaning cache didn't help.
Running go install in a project root printed no Go files in ... and that was the root cause, in the same time running go install gitlab.com/.... printed info about a missing package.

What had to be done was creating a go file in a project root directory with main function.

Answer 4

I had the same error, but in my case I was attempting to import a module that made available only resource files, and no go pkgs. Adding an empty go file in the module with a package declaration solved it.