Go version

go version go1.23.0 darwin/arm64

Output of go env in your module/workspace:

GO111MODULE=''
GOARCH='arm64'
GOBIN=''
GOCACHE='/Users/mike/Library/Caches/go-build'
GOENV='/Users/mike/Library/Application Support/go/env'
GOEXE=''
GOEXPERIMENT=''
GOFLAGS=''
GOHOSTARCH='arm64'
GOHOSTOS='darwin'
GOINSECURE=''
GOMODCACHE='/Users/mike/go/pkg/mod'
GONOPROXY=''
GONOSUMDB=''
GOOS='darwin'
GOPATH='/Users/mike/go'
GOPRIVATE=''
GOPROXY='https://proxy.golang.org,direct'
GOROOT='/opt/homebrew/Cellar/go/1.23.0/libexec'
GOSUMDB='sum.golang.org'
GOTMPDIR=''
GOTOOLCHAIN='local'
GOTOOLDIR='/opt/homebrew/Cellar/go/1.23.0/libexec/pkg/tool/darwin_arm64'
GOVCS=''
GOVERSION='go1.23.0'
GODEBUG=''
GOTELEMETRY='local'
GOTELEMETRYDIR='/Users/mike/Library/Application Support/go/telemetry'
GCCGO='gccgo'
GOARM64='v8.0'
AR='ar'
CC='cc'
CXX='c++'
CGO_ENABLED='1'
GOMOD='/dev/null'
GOWORK=''
CGO_CFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_CPPFLAGS=''
CGO_CXXFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_FFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_LDFLAGS='-O2 -g'
PKG_CONFIG='pkg-config'

What did you do?

1. go version
2. rm -rf go

What did you see happen?

rm returned an error

rm: go/pkg/mod: Permission denied
rm: go/pkg: Permission denied
rm: go: Permission denied

What did you expect to see?

The go folder should have been deleted

Comment From: gabyhelp

Related Issues and Documentation

• cmd/go: Cannot delete files downloaded by Go module #28902 (closed)
• cmd/go: leave $GOPATH/pkg/mod directories writable (removable) #27161 (closed)
• cmd/go: modules generates read-only files #33516 (closed)
• go version is slow and creates junk files #69177 (closed)
• cmd/go: incorrect permissions (0400, read-only) set by `go mod vendor`? #27455 (closed)
• cmd/go: clean on module uses directory name #26991
• cmd/go: `go clean` doesn't remove binaries installed by `go install module@version` #65687
• cmd/go: "go build" fails if go.sum is not writable #30185 (closed)
• Syscall: TestScript/mod_cache_rw failed on window-amd64 #35813 (closed)
• mkdir /somewhere: permission denied #39350 (closed)

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Comment From: moenodedev

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