microsoft / microsoft/yardl

justfile does not specify path of yardl so can use the wrong version

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Description

There seems to be no PATH information. In my case, (not using the devcontainer, but just ubuntu) just install installed yardl in $HOME/go/bin (which is the default for go), which was not in my PATH. I did not even notice this, because the rest of the justfile was then picking up an (old) yardl version somewhere else in my PATH.

Lots of scope for confusion!

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Research direction

Start by reading the repository's justfile, especially the install recipe and the commands that invoke yardl. Reproduce the behavior on Ubuntu without the devcontainer, checking the installed yardl location and the version selected from PATH. Done means the justfile consistently uses the intended yardl installation rather than an older executable elsewhere in PATH.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
build-system, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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