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author | Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org> | 2010-12-05 12:04:15 +0900 |
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committer | Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org> | 2010-12-05 12:04:15 +0900 |
commit | f89050d7d8b17e5ea639d22d9f71409b8ba24ade (patch) | |
tree | 52846b24c5b8f7f9ab06dd07ebc4a592512e88d2 | |
parent | 9a71bb00bb39ca4cc200df36b2d5bfd591169bef (diff) | |
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doc/install: describe GOHOSTOS and GOHOSTARCH
Fixes #1303.
R=rsc, PeterGo
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/3442041
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install.html b/doc/install.html index be1131d4aa..510464960f 100644 --- a/doc/install.html +++ b/doc/install.html @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ that receives a message summarizing each checkin to the Go repository. <h2 id="environment">Environment variables</h2> <p> -The Go compilation environment can be customized by five environment variables. +The Go compilation environment can be customized by environment variables. None are required by the build, but you may wish to set them to override the defaults. </p> @@ -331,8 +331,8 @@ to override the defaults. </dt> <dd> The name of the target operating system and compilation architecture. - These default to the local system's operating system and - architecture. + These default to the values of <code>$GOHOSTOS</code> and + <code>$GOHOSTARCH</code> respectively (described below). <p> Choices for <code>$GOOS</code> are <code>linux</code>, @@ -378,6 +378,22 @@ to override the defaults. </dd> <dt> +<code>$GOHOSTOS</code> and <code>$GOHOSTARCH</code> +</dt> +<dd> + The name of the host operating system and compilation architecture. + These default to the local system's operating system and + architecture. + + <p> + Valid choices are the same as for <code>$GOOS</code> and + <code>$GOARCH</code>, listed above. + The specified values must be compatible with the local system. + For example, you should not set <code>$GOHOSTARCH</code> to + <code>arm</code> on an x86 system. +</dd> + +<dt> <code>$GOBIN</code> </dt> <dd> |