Golang GOARCH=arm64 go build can't find imports

Go version

go version go1.22.0 linux/amd64

Output of go env in your module/workspace:

GO111MODULE=''
GOARCH='arm64'  // NOTE: this is part of the root problem
GOBIN=''
GOCACHE='/home/senzing/.cache/go-build'
GOENV='/home/senzing/.config/go/env'
GOEXE=''
GOEXPERIMENT=''
GOFLAGS=''
GOHOSTARCH='amd64'
GOHOSTOS='linux'
GOINSECURE=''
GOMODCACHE='/home/senzing/go/pkg/mod'
GONOPROXY=''
GONOSUMDB=''
GOOS='linux'
GOPATH='/home/senzing/go'
GOPRIVATE=''
GOPROXY='https://proxy.golang.org,direct'
GOROOT='/usr/local/go'
GOSUMDB='sum.golang.org'
GOTMPDIR=''
GOTOOLCHAIN='auto'
GOTOOLDIR='/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64'
GOVCS=''
GOVERSION='go1.22.0'
GCCGO='gccgo'
AR='ar'
CC='gcc'
CXX='g++'
CGO_ENABLED='0'
GOMOD='/home/senzing/tmp/bug2/go.mod'
GOWORK=''
CGO_CFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_CPPFLAGS=''
CGO_CXXFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_FFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_LDFLAGS='-O2 -g'
PKG_CONFIG='pkg-config'
GOGCCFLAGS='-fPIC -Wl,--no-gc-sections -fmessage-length=0 -ffile-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build1960508275=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches'

What did you do?

Given a directory of the following files:

└── bug
    ├── go.mod
    ├── go.sum
    └── main.go

go.mod

module github.com/senzing-garage/bug

go 1.21

require (
    github.com/senzing-garage/go-logging v1.4.1 // indirect
    github.com/senzing-garage/go-messaging v1.4.1 // indirect
    github.com/senzing-garage/go-observing v0.3.1 // indirect
    github.com/senzing-garage/sz-sdk-go v0.12.3 // indirect
    github.com/senzing-garage/sz-sdk-go-core v0.7.1 // indirect
    golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842 // indirect
    golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 // indirect
    golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 // indirect
    golang.org/x/text v0.15.0 // indirect
    google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240506185236-b8a5c65736ae // indirect
    google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.2 // indirect
    google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1 // indirect
)

go.sum

github.com/senzing-garage/go-logging v1.4.1 h1:ubNspaf0r4Q29XeNW58q0oPGLq4c1pdf9FciQLw6hpc=
github.com/senzing-garage/go-logging v1.4.1/go.mod h1:TW1w0UE9fQpy9odkx1jJQeffW+OTdrqEyxhtWKGW1n4=
github.com/senzing-garage/go-messaging v1.4.1 h1:ZdFcemh1iACP+HJWGS5/QLaUSD7PUYVXhzW7Zbju9f0=
github.com/senzing-garage/go-messaging v1.4.1/go.mod h1:7tEicOa0baYz0lh0w1BJEiQ6ry1FIQl/67JAWwFpcRY=
github.com/senzing-garage/go-observing v0.3.1 h1:EGqe+Uix8VNQ9HCwm5xZkAF0hGoHaC1URAaT/5FW37A=
github.com/senzing-garage/go-observing v0.3.1/go.mod h1:x60vlRIR0ZdJrHDuK82nzmQG4sN0G6oqdLE9vQl9pVc=
github.com/senzing-garage/sz-sdk-go v0.12.3 h1:KDOByEcJ5oTMogR9BKx7UWfEiy2/lswSQqykRmdyJt8=
github.com/senzing-garage/sz-sdk-go v0.12.3/go.mod h1:K+tiyY6W5FnUrzBZXIg5x7cWbZKpO/6rzpkCoKhcK6o=
github.com/senzing-garage/sz-sdk-go-core v0.7.1 h1:J1qAXrMxhYIStEdc7r4+RnPR9W13x/9h5HRYn7OwQO4=
github.com/senzing-garage/sz-sdk-go-core v0.7.1/go.mod h1:+WbyXc3vgmGaYO5tbHSFAxfTfiart5g/ljR+I0g8b7s=
golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842 h1:vr/HnozRka3pE4EsMEg1lgkXJkTFJCVUX+S/ZT6wYzM=
golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842/go.mod h1:XtvwrStGgqGPLc4cjQfWqZHG1YFdYs6swckp8vpsjnc=
golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 h1:d/OCCoBEUq33pjydKrGQhw7IlUPI2Oylr+8qLx49kac=
golang.org/x/net v0.25.0/go.mod h1:JkAGAh7GEvH74S6FOH42FLoXpXbE/aqXSrIQjXgsiwM=
golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 h1:Od9JTbYCk261bKm4M/mw7AklTlFYIa0bIp9BgSm1S8Y=
golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
golang.org/x/text v0.15.0 h1:h1V/4gjBv8v9cjcR6+AR5+/cIYK5N/WAgiv4xlsEtAk=
golang.org/x/text v0.15.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240506185236-b8a5c65736ae h1:c55+MER4zkBS14uJhSZMGGmya0yJx5iHV4x/fpOSNRk=
google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240506185236-b8a5c65736ae/go.mod h1:I7Y+G38R2bu5j1aLzfFmQfTcU/WnFuqDwLZAbvKTKpM=
google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.2 h1:MUeiw1B2maTVZthpU5xvASfTh3LDbxHd6IJ6QQVU+xM=
google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.2/go.mod h1:WAX/8DgncnokcFUldAxq7GeB5DXHDbMF+lLvDomNkRA=
google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1 h1:9ddQBjfCyZPOHPUiPxpYESBLc+T8P3E+Vo4IbKZgFWg=
google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=

main.go

package main

import "github.com/senzing-garage/sz-sdk-go-core/szconfig"

func main() {
    _ = &szconfig.Szconfig{}
}

Successful

$ export GOOS=linux
$ export GOARCH=amd64
$ go build main.go

Failure

$ export GOOS=linux
$ export GOARCH=arm64
$ go build main.go

# command-line-arguments
./main.go:6:16: undefined: szconfig.Szconfig

What did you see happen?

On Linux and an arm64 Mac, the cross-compiling to GOARCH=arm64 fails. Whereas the compiling to GOARCH=amd64 succeeds.

What did you expect to see?

Success for both GOARCH=arm64 and GOARCH=amd64

Comment From: gabyhelp

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Comment From: seankhliao

the package has C dependencies, CGo is disabled by default when cross compiling.

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Comment From: docktermj

My apologies. I thought this was a bug.