Go build scripts on UNIX (make.bash, all.bash) have not required
GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP since August 2017 (CL 57753). Windows build scripts
have followed suit since CL 96455. Most people building Go will have
a Go toolchain in their PATH and will not need to specify a different
toolchain.
This CL removes the GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP mention from the contribution guide
(it was there for Windows only, but it's not required anymore). The guide
is meant to be light and clear for beginners and is not supposed to be
a reference, so there's not need to keep mentioning GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP.
Also update install-source.html to reflect the current status quo,
where using the PATH is probably the first and most used default, and
GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP is just an option.
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The last paragraph in golang.org/doc/install/source#fetch is missing a
p tag, so it doesn't get formatted with the 'max-width: 50rem' like
all the other text in the page.
Add it.
Change-Id: I1a981dd2afde561b4ab21bd90ad99b3a146111f6
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/210122
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
This change updates the GOARCH/GOOS discussion at the top of the
"Installing Go from source" document to better reflect the current
status. In particular:
- The GOARCH list now focuses on simply listing the supported
architectures, with no notes about their supposed "maturity", since
the same GOARCH can be mature on a GOOS and not so mature on another.
- Outdated notes about some archs being new and "not well-exercised"
have been removed in favour of a following list of which ports are
first class.
- The list of supported OS has been updated (added: AIX, Illumos),
and sorted in alphabetical order.
- A note about the runtime support being the same for all ARCHS,
"including garbage collection and efficient array slicing and" etc etc
has been removed, since it doesn't seem particularly relevant in a
"install from source" instruction page, and it's likely a leftover
from the time this doc page was the landing place for new people and
it felt the need to "sell" Go.
Updates #27689Fixes#35009
Change-Id: Ic4eca91dca3135adc7bed4fe00b4f157768f0e81
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Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Prior doc implied that "git clone" was one way to obtain a go1.4
bootstrap toochain, but it did not state this outright. Further,
the doc did not make it explicit in the "Fetch the repository"
section that one must necessarily "git clone" a second time in
the (presumed-to-be-uncommon) case where "git clone" had already
been perfomed in the "compiler binaries" section.
Updates #33402
Change-Id: Id70a6587b6ee09aca13559d63868b75cb07dff1e
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Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
And also insert new paragraphs between GOOS and GOARCH listings
for better readability.
Fixes#28142Fixes#26513
Change-Id: Ie92e98dbfd924e80032a12afbfa02f30e3a6f916
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/189578
Reviewed-by: Andrew Bonventre <andybons@golang.org>
* In doc/install-source.html, clarify the meaning of $GOBIN and
describe where executables from the Go distribution are
installed. Also describe $GOPATH, since it provides a default value
for $GOBIN and may conflict with $GOROOT.
* Add more detail to 'go help install' as well.
Fixes#31576
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This change adds the environment variable GOWASM, which is a comma
separated list of experimental WebAssembly features that the compiled
WebAssembly binary is allowed to use. The default is to use no
experimental features. Initially there are no features avaiable.
More information about feature proposals can be found at
https://github.com/WebAssembly/proposals
Change-Id: I4c8dc534c99ecff8bb075dded0186ca8f8decaef
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ppc64{,le} processor level selection allows the compiler to generate instructions
targeting newer processors and processor-specific optimizations without breaking
compatibility with our current baseline. This feature introduces a new environment
variable, GOPPC64.
GOPPC64 is a GOARCH=ppc64{,le} specific option, for a choice between different
processor levels (i.e. Instruction Set Architecture versions) for which the
compiler will target. The default is 'power8'.
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install.html still insisted that GOROOT must be set if a binary install
of Go is set up in a custom directory. However, since 1.10, this has
been unnecessary as the GOROOT will be found based on the location of
the 'go' binary being run.
Likewise, install-source.html includes an 'export GOROOT' line in a
section that only talks about explicitly setting GOARCH and GOOS, which
is optional. We don't want to have users think it is recommended to set
GOROOT here either, so remove the unnecessary line.
Change-Id: I7dfef09f9a1d003e0253b793d63ea40d5cf1837f
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The name was "Mac OS X" during versions 10.0 to 10.7.
It was renamed to "OS X" starting from 10.8 until 10.11.
The current name is "macOS" starting with 10.12. [1]
Previous changes (e.g., CL 47252) updated "Mac OS X" to macOS
in some places, but not everywhere. This CL updates remaining
instances for consistency.
Only the pages that display current information were updated;
historical pages such as release notes for older Go releases,
past articles, blog posts, etc., were left in original form.
Rename the "#osx" anchor to "#macos" on /doc/install page,
along with the single reference to it on the same page.
Add an empty div with id="osx" to not break old links.
Update minimum macOS version from 10.8 to 10.10 per #23122.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/macOS#History
Updates #23122.
Change-Id: I69fe4b85e83265b9d99f447e3cc5230dde094869
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Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
We were not being consistent.
Standardize on toolchain.
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Fixes#21054
Change-Id: I016486dc62c04a80727f8da7d1dcec52f2c7f344
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/62291
Reviewed-by: Giovanni Bajo <rasky@develer.com>
Reviewed-by: Chris Broadfoot <cbro@golang.org>
This includes the patch for systems that build PIE executables by
defaul
Updates #20276.
Change-Id: Iecf8dfcf11bc18d397b8075559c37e3610f825cb
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/44470
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
You have to actually run make.bash (or make.bat).
Update #18771.
Change-Id: Ie6672a4e4abde0150c1ae57cabb1222de2c78716
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/35632
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
The download page says "OS X 10.8 or later", but other pages said 10.7.
Say 10.8 everywhere.
Turns out Go doesn't even compile on OS X 10.7 (details in bug) and we
only run builders for OS X 10.8+, which is likely why 10.7
regressed. Until recently we only had OS X 10.10 builders, even.
We could run 10.7 builders, but there's basically no reason to do so,
especially with 10.12 coming out imminently.
Fixes#16625
Change-Id: Ida6e20fb6c54aea0a3757235b708ac1c053b8c04
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/28870
Reviewed-by: Chris Broadfoot <cbro@golang.org>
Current number was out-of-date since adding MIPS.
Change-Id: I565342a92de3893b75cdfb76fa39f7fdf15672da
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/22952
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
This will allow us to mechanically substitute these strings
using javascript (in a forthcoming change to x/tools/godoc).
Updates #14371
Change-Id: I96e876283060ffbc9f3eabaf55d6b880685453e1
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/22055
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Fixes#13954
Change-Id: I4c01e9bb3fb08e8b9fa14d4c59b7ea824ba3f0c9
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/18937
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
