From 19994c1817bb24712b8498b4e9e1003d09eca0d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jochen <jschoubben@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:37:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] The fetch fails when the shut-off package load cannot run at
 all, naming the directory and go list's error (issue 1966, AC182-1)

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01JG73KEq4zoDfM9WtYpcQgZ
---
 modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch.go      | 5 +++++
 modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch_test.go | 9 ++++++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch.go
index aa9024e38..81e92c75b 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch.go
@@ -253,6 +253,11 @@ func (m *Module) shutOffLoad(ctx context.Context, env []string, dir, d string) e
 	if len(lost) > 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("the packages of %s load shut off only with what the fetch did not download: %s", d, strings.Join(lost, "; "))
 	}
+	// A load that could not run at all proves nothing: the fetch fails here, not a step later with less to say.
+	if r.Err != "" || r.Status != 0 {
+		say := strings.TrimSpace(r.Err + " " + r.Stderr)
+		return fmt.Errorf("the shut-off package load of %s could not run (exit %d): %s", d, r.Status, say)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch_test.go b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch_test.go
index 7b91bd94a..73bde7449 100644
--- a/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch_test.go
+++ b/modules/mesh-build-go/cmd/mesh-build-go/fetch_test.go
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ func TestAVerifyThatFailsEndsTheStepNamingTheDirectoryAndTheLine(t *testing.T) {
 	const seatPkg = "git.novox.be/novox/mesh-delivery/contracts/go/seats/nodebuildgo"
 	for _, c := range []struct {
 		name, ran, out string
+		fatal          bool
 		want           []string
 		notWant        string
 	}{
@@ -225,11 +226,17 @@ func TestAVerifyThatFailsEndsTheStepNamingTheDirectoryAndTheLine(t *testing.T) {
 		{name: "the shut-off package load would reach the network", ran: "tools list -e -deps -test",
 			out:  "fixture/tools/cmd: \n" + seatPkg + ": module lookup disabled by GOPROXY=off\n",
 			want: []string{"tools", "shut off", seatPkg + ": module lookup disabled by GOPROXY=off"}, notWant: "fixture/tools/cmd"},
+		// 1966/AC182-1: a package load that could not run at all (a fatal exit, no GOPROXY=off line) fails the fetch too.
+		{name: "the shut-off package load cannot run", ran: "tools list -e -deps -test", fatal: true,
+			out: "go: go.mod file not found\n", want: []string{"tools", "go: go.mod file not found"}},
 	} {
 		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			f := &fakeStep{gomods: "go.mod\ntools/go.mod\n", goRule: func(line string) forgekey.Ran {
 				if strings.Contains(line, "/"+c.ran) {
 					if strings.Contains(line, " list ") {
+						if c.fatal {
+							return forgekey.Ran{Status: 1, Stderr: c.out}
+						}
 						return forgekey.Ran{Stdout: c.out} // go list -e says a package's error and exits 0
 					}
 					return forgekey.Ran{Status: 1, Stdout: c.out}
@@ -249,7 +256,7 @@ func TestAVerifyThatFailsEndsTheStepNamingTheDirectoryAndTheLine(t *testing.T) {
 					t.Errorf("reason = %q, want it to hold %q", st.Reason, w)
 				}
 			}
-			if strings.Contains(st.Reason, c.notWant) {
+			if c.notWant != "" && strings.Contains(st.Reason, c.notWant) {
 				t.Errorf("reason = %q holds %q", st.Reason, c.notWant)
 			}
 			if c.ran == "tools list -e -deps -test" {