Packer sdc generation commands fails when executed using Go 1.18

[nywilken]

Overview of the Issue

When running make generate in a Packer plugin directory using Go1.18 the command exits with one or more internal errors pertaining to packer imports. This issue only occurs when using Go 1.18.

Reproduction Steps

1. Run git clone git@github.com:hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon
2. Run make generate

Steps to reproduce this issue

Packer Plugin SDK version

v0.2.11

Darwin/amd64

Log Fragments and crash.log files

~>  make generate
mapstructure-to-hcl2: chroot.[Config BlockDevices BlockDevice]: internal error: package "context" without types was imported from "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon/builder/chroot"
builder/chroot/builder.go:2: running "packer-sdc": exit status 1
mapstructure-to-hcl2: common.[VaultAWSEngineOptions AssumeRoleConfig]: internal error: package "crypto/tls" without types was imported from "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon/builder/common"
builder/common/access_config.go:2: running "packer-sdc": exit status 1
mapstructure-to-hcl2: ebs.[Config]: internal error: package "context" without types was imported from "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon/builder/ebs"
builder/ebs/builder.go:2: running "packer-sdc": exit status 1
mapstructure-to-hcl2: ebssurrogate.[Config RootBlockDevice BlockDevice]: internal error: package "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2" without types was imported from "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon/builder/ebssurrogate"
builder/ebssurrogate/builder.go:2: running "packer-sdc": exit status 1
mapstructure-to-hcl2: ebsvolume.[Config BlockDevice]: internal error: package "fmt" without types was imported from "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon/builder/ebsvolume"
builder/ebsvolume/builder.go:2: running "packer-sdc": exit status 1
mapstructure-to-hcl2: instance.[Config]: internal error: package "context" without types was imported from "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon/builder/instance"
builder/instance/builder.go:2: running "packer-sdc": exit status 1
mapstructure-to-hcl2: ami.[DatasourceOutput Config]: internal error: package "fmt" without types was imported from "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon/datasource/ami"
datasource/ami/data.go:2: running "packer-sdc": exit status 1
mapstructure-to-hcl2: parameterstore.[DatasourceOutput Config]: internal error: package "fmt" without types was imported from "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon/datasource/parameterstore"
datasource/parameterstore/data.go:2: running "packer-sdc": exit status 1
mapstructure-to-hcl2: secretsmanager.[DatasourceOutput Config]: internal error: package "encoding/json" without types was imported from "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon/datasource/secretsmanager"
datasource/secretsmanager/data.go:2: running "packer-sdc": exit status 1
mapstructure-to-hcl2: amazonimport.[Config]: internal error: package "context" without types was imported from "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon/post-processor/import"
post-processor/import/post-processor.go:1: running "packer-sdc": exit status 1
make: *** [generate] Error 1

[Antoine-Gicquel]

I would like to add that go get has been deprecated and running make also throws an error, because of line 60 of the Makefile in the main Packer repo.

[nywilken]

I would like to add that go get has been deprecated and running make also throws an error, because of line 60 of the Makefile in the main Packer repo.

Thanks for calling this out.