bug#49228: guix import go fails when module does not have a documenation on pkg.go.dev

[raingloom]

On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 00:30:47 +0200
Björn Höfling <bjoern.hoefling@bjoernhoefling.de> wrote:

> $ ./pre-inst-env guix import go github.com/caspr-io/yamlpath 
> go-module->guix-package module-path: github.com/caspr-io/yamlpath
> Backtrace:
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   1752:10  8 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _)
> In unknown file:
>            7 (apply-smob/0 #<thunk 7f370ddfc0c0>)
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>     724:2  6 (call-with-prompt _ _ #<procedure
> default-prompt-handle?>) In ice-9/eval.scm:
>     619:8  5 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 7f370de02c80>)))
> In guix/ui.scm:
>   2147:12  4 (run-guix-command _ . _)
> In guix/scripts/import.scm:
>    120:11  3 (guix-import . _)
> In guix/scripts/import/go.scm:
>    118:27  2 (guix-import-go . _)
> In ice-9/eval.scm:
>    293:34  1 (_ #(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(#(?) ?) ?) ?) ?) ?) ?) ?) ?) ?)
> ?)) 619:8  0 (_ #(#(#<directory (guix import go) 7f370b75a6e0> #f)))
> 
> ice-9/eval.scm:619:8: Throw to key `match-error' with args `("match"
> "no matching pattern" #f)'.
> 
> If you look at the page
> 
> https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/caspr-io/yamlpath
> 
> It has no Description, because the site cannot parse license
> information correctly and thus conservatively does not display any
> info.

Could we use godocs.io? It's more copyleft friendly AFAIK.
But that's just hearsay, I'm only getting into Go now, so idk much
about the services surrouding it yet.