Build Fails Due to Dependency Version Mismatch #3
Description
Description
While reproducing the project, we found that the build process fails due to mismatched or unresolved dependencies.
The following error log was produced during the build process:
......
go: finding module for package github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec
go: github.com/BitRay-project/go-BitRay/crypto imports
github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec: module github.com/btcsuite/btcd@latest found (v0.24.2), but does not contain package github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec
Result
The build fails with errors related to missing or mismatched dependencies.
The error dependency is github.com/btcsuite/btcd.
The build process automatically pulls the latest dependency versions by default. However, the required package github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec is not included in version v0.24.2.
Reason
This issue appears to be caused by the absence of precise version tracking in GOPATH, which leads to inconsistency in dependency resolution.
Proposed Solution
To resolve this issue, we analyzed the project and identified the correct versions of the required dependencies.
The analysis shows that the correct version for the dependency github.com/btcsuite/btcd is v0.0.0-20171128150713-2e60448ffcc6.
Consider adopting this suggested version to prevent other developers from encountering build failures when constructing the project.
This information can be documented in the README.md file or another relevant location.
Additional Suggestions
To ensure reproducible builds and align with the evolving trends of the Go programming language, it is recommended that the current project be migrated to the Go module mechanism.
Updating to the go module mechanism allows for managing third-party dependency versions through the go.mod file, which provides a centralized and consistent way to specify dependency constraints.
We have generated a go.mod file with the correct versions of the third-party dependencies needed for this project.
The suggested go.mod file is as follows:
module github.com/BitRay-project/go-BitRay
go 1.23
require github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.0.0-20171128150713-2e60448ffcc6
require (
github.com/aristanetworks/goarista v0.0.0-20250211154211-46edb1645c7a
github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.9.9
github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.1
github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.3.2
github.com/influxdata/influxdb v1.2.3-0.20180221223340-01288bdb0883
github.com/shirou/gopsutil v3.21.11+incompatible
github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
golang.org/x/crypto v0.33.0
golang.org/x/sys v0.30.0
)
require (
github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20180116203802-5d049714c4a6 // indirect
github.com/elastic/gosigar v0.8.1-0.20180330100440-37f05ff46ffa // indirect
github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.3.0 // indirect
github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12 // indirect
github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1 // indirect
github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 // indirect
gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
)
Here the +incompatible suffix in go.mod indicates that the module does not follow Go Modules' semantic versioning (SemVer) rules correctly. But Go can still build and run the project normally despite the +incompatible tag.
Additional Information:
This issue was identified as part of our research project focused on automating the analysis of GOPATH projects to provide accurate dependency versions for seamless migration to Go Modules. We value your feedback and would appreciate any comments or suggestions regarding this approach.