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| author | Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org> | 2017-08-04 11:23:25 -0700 |
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| committer | Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org> | 2017-08-04 22:14:38 +0000 |
| commit | 909f409a8d21c69198fc4d3f9bc08b6774650980 (patch) | |
| tree | 29cf361b0bf37e86dd47365dfb1daa036c532cb3 | |
| parent | 58ad0176ca280c07a966249a3208f707ee0b1989 (diff) | |
| download | go-909f409a8d21c69198fc4d3f9bc08b6774650980.tar.gz go-909f409a8d21c69198fc4d3f9bc08b6774650980.zip | |
doc: mention handling of moved GOROOT in 1.9 release notes
Updates #20587
Change-Id: Ia131b9a4dc4986950d9ecbfcbd6b026ade234fc0
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/53370
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/go1.9.html b/doc/go1.9.html index aafd03c51f..7cee379c45 100644 --- a/doc/go1.9.html +++ b/doc/go1.9.html @@ -156,6 +156,21 @@ type T1 = T2 directories, write <code>./vendor/...</code>. </p> +<h3 id="goroot">Moved GOROOT</h3> + +<p><!-- CL 42533 --> + The <a href="/cmd/go/">go tool</a> will now use the path from which it + was invoked to attempt to locate the root of the Go install tree. + This means that if the entire Go installation is moved to a new + location, the go tool should continue to work as usual. + This may be overriden by setting <code>GOROOT</code> in the environment, + which should only be done in unusual circumstances. + Note that this does not affect the result of + the <a href="/pkg/runtime/#GOROOT">runtime.GOROOT</a> function, which + will continue to report the original installation location; + this may be fixed in later releases. +</p> + <h3 id="compiler">Compiler Toolchain</h3> <p><!-- CL 37441 --> |