Public bug reported: [Impact]
To enable packages that are backported wholesale to all releases of Ubuntu (i.e. runc and docker.io) to stop depending on what is now a fairly ancient version of Go (some of them require at least Go 1.16), we are going to upload 1.16 to bionic (this version is in focal already). This is an unusual "SRU" but the plan has been concocted with the approval of the Ubuntu security team (who I will ask to comment here to confirm their acceptance of the plan). [Test Plan] A smoke test, like this: $ apt install golang-1.16-go $ PATH=/usr/lib/go-1.16/bin:$PATH $ go version < check it's 1.16 > $ cat > trivial.go package main func main() {} $ go run trivial.go $ cat > trivialcgo.go package main import "C" func main() {} $ go run trivialcgo.go Then we should verify that runc from Jammy builds with the golang-1.16 in proposed, take the runc package, edit this line in debian/rules: export PATH:=/usr/lib/go-1.16/bin:${PATH} to reference go-1.16 instead, edit the build-dependencies, and upload that to a PPA that has proposed enabled and check it builds everywhere. [Where problems could occur] It's a new package so should not impact any existing behavior. I'm not at all proposing to update the default version of Go in a stable release. ** Affects: golang-1.16 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1967425 Title: Backport golang 1.16 to Bionic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.16/+bug/1967425/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs