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Some new users might experience this if they setup their $GOPATH
incorrectly.
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James Shubin
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@@ -215,6 +215,17 @@ requires a number of seconds as an argument.
./mgmt run lang examples/lang/hello0.mcl --converged-timeout=5
```
### When I try to build `mgmt` I see: `no Go files in $GOPATH/src/github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/bindata`.
Due to the arcane way that `golang` designed its `$GOPATH`, the main project
directory must be inside your `$GOPATH`, and at the appropriate FQDN. This is:
`$GOPATH/src/github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/`. If you have your project root outside
of that directory, then you may get this error when you try to build it. In this
case there is likely a `go get` version of the project at this location. Remove
it and replace it with your git cloned directory. In my case, I like to work on
things in `~/code/mgmt/`, so that path is a symlink that points to the long
project directory.
### On startup `mgmt` hangs after: `etcd: server: starting...`.
If you get an error message similar to: