`go install` fails for `mdatagen`

[atoulme]

Expected:

cd /tmp
go install github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/cmd/mdatagen@latest

should install mdatagen under $GOBIN.

Actual:

go install github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/cmd/mdatagen@latest
go: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/cmd/mdatagen@latest (in github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/cmd/mdatagen@v0.92.0):
        The go.mod file for the module providing named packages contains one or
        more replace directives. It must not contain directives that would cause
        it to be interpreted differently than if it were the main module.

[bogdandrutu]

Not sure if this is a real problem, because this seem to work in CI, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml#L120 and https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/Makefile#L81

[atoulme]

It works in this repository, but not under a different folder. This means we can't use it for contrib.
I have amended the steps to reproduce.

[cpheps]

We are also experiencing this when trying to install the mdatagen tool via go install for our distribution.

[khushhboo]

Is there a fix for this yet? Trying to update some generated files in vcenterreceiver.

[atoulme]

Weird, please make sure you are on latest main and run make generate.

[khushhboo]

Issue persists, tried from inside a folder and from repository as well. Make generate fails.

Error displayed after go install github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/cmd/mdatagen@latest:
go: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/cmd/mdatagen@latest (in go.opentelemetry.io/collector/cmd/mdatagen@v0.97.0):
The go.mod file for the module providing named packages contains one or
more replace directives. It must not contain directives that would cause
it to be interpreted differently than if it were the main module.