lint: update golangci-lint to v1.45.2

Also removed deprecated linters:

The linter 'interfacer' is deprecated (since v1.38.0) due to: The repository of the linter has been archived by the owner.
The linter 'golint' is deprecated (since v1.41.0) due to: The repository of the linter has been archived by the owner.  Replaced by revive.

Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn <github@gone.nl>
(cherry picked from commit 3ffe6a3375)
Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn <github@gone.nl>

.golangci.yml

@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@ linters:
     - dogsled
     - gocyclo
     - goimports
-    - golint
     - gosec
     - gosimple
     - govet
     - ineffassign
-    - interfacer
     - lll
     - megacheck
     - misspell
@@ -21,6 +19,7 @@ linters:
     - unconvert
     - unparam
     - unused
+    - revive
     - varcheck
 
   disable:
@@ -54,30 +53,65 @@ issues:
     - parameter .* always receives
 
   exclude-rules:
-    # These are copied from the default exclude rules, except for "ineffective break statement"
-    # and GoDoc checks.
-    # https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/blob/0cc87df732aaf1d5ad9ce9ca538d38d916918b36/pkg/config/config.go#L36
-    - text: "Error return value of .((os\\.)?std(out|err)\\..*|.*Close|.*Flush|os\\.Remove(All)?|.*printf?|os\\.(Un)?Setenv). is not checked"
+    # We prefer to use an "exclude-list" so that new "default" exclusions are not
+    # automatically inherited. We can decide whether or not to follow upstream
+    # defaults when updating golang-ci-lint versions.
+    # Unfortunately, this means we have to copy the whole exclusion pattern, as
+    # (unlike the "include" option), the "exclude" option does not take exclusion
+    # ID's.
+    #
+    # These exclusion patterns are copied from the default excluses at:
+    # https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/blob/v1.44.0/pkg/config/issues.go#L10-L104
+
+    # EXC0001
+    - text: "Error return value of .((os\\.)?std(out|err)\\..*|.*Close|.*Flush|os\\.Remove(All)?|.*print(f|ln)?|os\\.(Un)?Setenv). is not checked"
       linters:
         - errcheck
+    # EXC0003
     - text: "func name will be used as test\\.Test.* by other packages, and that stutters; consider calling this"
       linters:
-        - golint
-    - text: "G103: Use of unsafe calls should be audited"
+        - revive
+    # EXC0006
+    - text: "Use of unsafe calls should be audited"
       linters:
         - gosec
-    - text: "G104: Errors unhandled"
+    # EXC0007
+    - text: "Subprocess launch(ed with variable|ing should be audited)"
       linters:
         - gosec
-    - text: "G204: Subprocess launch(ed with (variable|function call)|ing should be audited)"
+    # EXC0008
+    # TODO: evaluate these and fix where needed: G307: Deferring unsafe method "*os.File" on type "Close" (gosec)
+    - text: "(G104|G307)"
       linters:
         - gosec
-    - text: "(G301|G302): (Expect directory permissions to be 0750 or less|Expect file permissions to be 0600 or less)"
+    # EXC0009
+    - text: "(Expect directory permissions to be 0750 or less|Expect file permissions to be 0600 or less)"
       linters:
         - gosec
-    - text: "G304: Potential file inclusion via variable"
+    # EXC0010
+    - text: "Potential file inclusion via variable"
       linters:
         - gosec
-    - text: "(G201|G202): SQL string (formatting|concatenation)"
+
+    # Looks like the match in "EXC0007" above doesn't catch this one
+    # TODO: consider upstreaming this to golangci-lint's default exclusion rules
+    - text: "G204: Subprocess launched with a potential tainted input or cmd arguments"
       linters:
         - gosec
+    # Looks like the match in "EXC0009" above doesn't catch this one
+    # TODO: consider upstreaming this to golangci-lint's default exclusion rules
+    - text: "G306: Expect WriteFile permissions to be 0600 or less"
+      linters:
+        - gosec
+
+    # Exclude some linters from running on tests files.
+    - path: _test\.go
+      linters:
+        - errcheck
+        - gosec
+
+  # Maximum issues count per one linter. Set to 0 to disable. Default is 50.
+  max-issues-per-linter: 0
+
+  # Maximum count of issues with the same text. Set to 0 to disable. Default is 3.
+  max-same-issues: 0

dockerfiles/Dockerfile.lint

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.3
 
 ARG GO_VERSION=1.17.13
-ARG GOLANGCI_LINTER_SHA="v1.21.0"
+ARG GOLANGCI_LINTER_SHA=v1.45.2
 
 FROM    golang:${GO_VERSION}-alpine AS build
 ENV     CGO_ENABLED=0