"cannot load garble export file" errors

[vodves-vodves]

What version of Garble and Go are you using?

$ garble version
mvdan.cc/garble v0.9.3

Build settings:
      -buildmode exe
       -compiler gc
     CGO_ENABLED 1
          GOARCH amd64
            GOOS windows
         GOAMD64 v1

$ go version
go version go1.20.2 windows/amd64

What environment are you running Garble on?

go env Output

$ go env
set GO111MODULE=on
set GOARCH=amd64
set GOBIN=
set GOCACHE=C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\go-build
set GOENV=C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\go\env
set GOEXE=.exe
set GOEXPERIMENT=
set GOFLAGS=
set GOHOSTARCH=amd64
set GOHOSTOS=windows
set GOINSECURE=
set GOMODCACHE=C:\Users\user\go\pkg\mod
set GONOPROXY=
set GONOSUMDB=
set GOOS=windows
set GOPATH=C:\Users\user\go
set GOPRIVATE=
set GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org,direct
set GOROOT=C:\Program Files\Go
set GOSUMDB=sum.golang.org
set GOTMPDIR=
set GOTOOLDIR=C:\Program Files\Go\pkg\tool\windows_amd64
set GOVCS=
set GOVERSION=go1.20.2
set GCCGO=gccgo
set GOAMD64=v1
set AR=ar
set CC=gcc
set CXX=g++
set CGO_ENABLED=1
set GOMOD=C:\Users\user\Desktop\go\testdelete\go.mod
set GOWORK=
set CGO_CFLAGS=-O2 -g
set CGO_CPPFLAGS=
set CGO_CXXFLAGS=-O2 -g
set CGO_FFLAGS=-O2 -g
set CGO_LDFLAGS=-O2 -g
set PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config
set GOGCCFLAGS=-m64 -mthreads -Wl,--no-gc-sections -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=E:\Temp\go-build2220679288=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches

What did you do?

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	fmt.Println("hi")
}

garble build main.go

What did you expect to see?

binary

What did you see instead?

It happens in any project

# command-line-arguments
cannot load garble export file for errors: open C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\go-build\38\380046a7211e0f560886ad287756ba1ee3c0ca3422a90c549f9c776b1b9f0908-garble-0k0idgQRqCRMUJi0YOd4-d: The system cannot find the file specified.      
exit status 1

[scirpter]

Started noticing the same thing for certain projects, but only when appending the -literals and -tiny flags..

[scirpter]

Try out this:

go clean -cache

This should fix the issue.

[mvdan]

I had a hunch that this kind of error could happen, I just never saw it in practice. Thanks for reporting; will look into a fix. @scirpter is right that go clean -cache can be a temporary workaround for this. garble build -a can also be a temporary workaround, and it's probably slightly better as it doesn't remove your entire build cache.

[jimmywhite999]

I had a hunch that this kind of error could happen, I just never saw it in practice. Thanks for reporting; will look into a fix. @scirpter is right that go clean -cache can be a temporary workaround for this. garble build -a can also be a temporary workaround, and it's probably slightly better as it doesn't remove your entire build cache.

neither of these work around work for me any other suggestions

[vodves-vodves]

Excuse me please tell me how to download the latest version? I only have 0.9.3 to download.

[mvdan]

You can use go install mvdan.cc/garble@master to get the latest development version.