> On 4 Jan 2016, at 16:14, David Fifield <da...@bamsoftware.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 03, 2016 at 11:01:25PM -0600, Jeremy Rand wrote: >> I noticed that it looks like Tor Project is using Go 1.4.2 to build >> the pluggable transports in Gitian. I'm curious why a newer version >> of Go isn't used. My understanding is that Go 1.4.2 (or earlier) is >> needed to build Go 1.5 because 1.5's source code is itself in Go. >> Would using Go 1.5 be as simple as building 1.4.2 in Gitian (as is >> done now), and then using 1.4.2 to build 1.5, and then placing 1.5 in >> PATH instead of 1.4.2 as is done now? Have obstacles been identified >> in such a configuration, or is it just that no one tried it? > > It's just that nobody has tried it. Here's the ticket for the most > recent update (to 1.4.2) if you want to make a new patch and file a new > ticket: > https://bugs.torproject.org/15448 <https://bugs.torproject.org/15448>
Note the go bootstrap process has changed now that go is entirely written in go:
The new build process for Go 1.x (x ≥ 5) will be:
• Build cmd/dist with Go 1.4.
• Using dist, build Go 1.x compiler toolchain with Go 1.4.
• Using dist, rebuild Go 1.x compiler toolchain with itself.
• Using dist, build Go 1.x cmd/go (as go_bootstrap) with Go 1.x
compiler toolchain.
• Using go_bootstrap, build the remaining Go 1.x standard library and
commands.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OaatvGhEAq7VseQ9kkavxKNAfepWy2yhPUBs96FGV28/edit?pref=2&pli=1
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