is not executable

Allan Edwards

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Aug 4, 2019, 11:37:10 AM8/4/19

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I have written a small console application that has package main at the top and the program looks just like another console that runs successfully. On both mac and windows I am getting a message stating the executable created is not executable. Has anyone else seen this error? I am on go 1.12.7.

Thanks!!!

Allan

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Aug 4, 2019, 11:44:12 AM8/4/19

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Can you please run the command line below on your Mac and post the output:
file your_executable

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Aug 4, 2019, 11:49:40 AM8/4/19

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On windows it says that my executable is not compatible with windows 64-bit. On mac, when I build the console from go tooling (outside of goland) the console will execute but crash. So some progress. This is my second issue with goland so far. The go tooling seems solid but the goland might be doing something weird on the build.

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Allan Edwards

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Aug 4, 2019, 11:50:45 AM8/4/19

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I am sorry, ignore me, I figured it out. Problem in goland configuration. Thanks for the response.

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Qais Patankar

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Aug 4, 2019, 2:54:04 PM8/4/19

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Please share the solution.

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Please share the solution.

Allan Edwards

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Aug 4, 2019, 2:57:03 PM8/4/19

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Alright, so in goland, of which I love the ide and tooling, you have to setup a configuration to point to a go file that has package main in it. When you point he goland configuration to a library (module/package) that is not executable, the tool will complain that your exe is in in the wrong format. So I am being a newb on this issue but you live and learn.

Now, what would be more ideal is if the goland ide (which jetbrains needs to change) told you that your config was not pointed to an exe.

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