compile_sources.md

Overview

1. How to download (clone) and build go from source

Clone repo

GO_SDK_SRC_DIR=$HOME/sdk/official-golang-repo;
mkdir -pv $GO_SDK_SRC_DIR;

PARENT_DIR=$(readlink -f "$(dirname "${GO_SDK_SRC_DIR[0]}")")
DIR_NAME="$(basename "${GO_SDK_SRC_DIR[0]}")"

cd $PARENT_DIR;
git clone https://go.googlesource.com/go $DIR_NAME
cd $GO_SDK_SRC_DIR

Build Sources

1. Install an older version of go first
2. Add the older version of go to the $PATH
3. Build & test

GO_SDK_SRC_DIR=$HOME/sdk/official-golang-repo;

cd $GO_SDK_SRC_DIR

# or some tag like: "go1.19"
git checkout master

cd src;
./all.bash

Verify

GO_SDK_SRC_DIR=$HOME/sdk/official-golang-repo;

cd $GO_SDK_SRC_DIR/bin
ls -l

• look for go and gofmt

Other Resources

1. https://go.dev/doc/install/source

GO_SDK_SRC_DIR=$HOME/tmp/go-sdk-source;