go list fails, how do I clear "-mod=readonly"

[Pat Farrell]

i'm running

go version go1.20.5 linux/amd64 

when I attempt to run 'go list' to find any updated to dependant

modules, it fails.

go list -m -u all
go: updates to go.sum needed, disabled by -mod=readonly

I've checked, and my go.mod and go.sum files are 777

-rwxrwxrwx 1 pfarrell pfarrell  408 Oct  1 10:37 go.mod*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 pfarrell pfarrell 3025 Oct  1 10:37 go.sum*

What am I doing wrong?
How do I get a list of updated modules?

thanks

pat

[TheDiveO]

go mod tidy

[Pat Farrell]

On Monday, October 16, 2023 at 1:22:42 PM UTC-4 TheDiveO wrote:

go mod tidy

I've done that, and while it just executes quietly, I don't see how that addresses the

issue that 'go list' fails to show me modules that have been updated.

thanks

pat

[TheDiveO]

looks like https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76495283/go-list-command-prints-hint-i-dont-understand

[Pat Farrell]

yes that is it.

 I see that there is a patch that will be in the next release.

Anyone know of a workaround until then?

thanks

[Jason Phillips]

I believe the fixes have already been released. Go 1.21 was released in August and there have been 5 point releases to 1.20 since your version (1.20.5) was released. Have you tried updating your Go toolchain?

[Pat Farrell]

yes, thanks

I updated to the latest go and no longer get the error

I'm not sure I understand the output that I'm getting now, but that

is a subject for more research on my par