On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Lynn A. Boger <labo...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > At a minimum I think it should be mentioned in libgo/README.
(Where "it" means that libgo should not be stripped.) I've committed this minor update to libgo/README. Ian
diff -r b0d3b9400c63 libgo/README --- a/libgo/README Thu Mar 12 15:47:46 2015 -0700 +++ b/libgo/README Fri Mar 13 11:51:31 2015 -0700 @@ -3,25 +3,24 @@ This is the runtime support library for the Go programming language. This library is intended for use with the Go frontend. -The library has only been tested on GNU/Linux using glibc. It should -not be difficult to port to other operating systems. +This library should not be stripped when it is installed. Go code +relies on being able to look up file/line information, which comes +from the debugging info using the libbacktrace library. -The library has only been tested on x86/x86_64 systems. It should not -be difficult to port to other architectures. +The library has only been tested on GNU/Linux using glibc, and on +Solaris. It should not be difficult to port to other operating +systems. Directories: go - A copy of the Go library from http://golang.org/, with a few - changes for gccgo. Notably, the reflection interface is different. + A copy of the Go library from http://golang.org/, with several + changes for gccgo. runtime Runtime functions, written in C, which are called directly by the compiler or by the library. -syscalls - System call support. - Contributing ============
