On my macbook pro, I'm able to `go install` with a custom installsuffix just fine:
$ ls -l /usr/local/go/pkg/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 Feb 25 2016 bootstrap drwxr-xr-x 58 root wheel 1972 Feb 25 2016 darwin_amd64 drwxr-xr-x 57 root wheel 1938 Sep 8 2015 darwin_amd64_race drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 Sep 8 2015 include drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 25 2016 obj drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 25 2016 tool $ go install -installsuffix nocgo golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports $ echo $? 0 $ echo $GOROOT $ ls -l /usr/local/go/pkg/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 Feb 25 2016 bootstrap drwxr-xr-x 58 root wheel 1972 Feb 25 2016 darwin_amd64 drwxr-xr-x 57 root wheel 1938 Sep 8 2015 darwin_amd64_race drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 Sep 8 2015 include drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 25 2016 obj drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Feb 25 2016 tool But on a linux machine, it fails: $ ls -l /usr/local/go/pkg/ total 20 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 13 2016 include drwxr-xr-x 29 root root 4096 Jan 13 2016 linux_amd64 drwxr-xr-x 28 root root 4096 Jan 13 2016 linux_amd64_race drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 13 2016 obj drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 13 2016 tool $ GOPATH=`pwd`/go go install -installsuffix nocgo golang.org/x/tools/cmd/ goimports go install runtime: mkdir /usr/local/go/pkg/linux_amd64_nocgo/: permission denied The obvious difference appears to be that on my Mac, the go tool isn't trying to write out .a files for the core lib packages that are compiled with the new installsuffix, whereas on Linux it *is* trying to do so. Why is this? What is the recommended way to use a custom installsuffix on linux (efficiently - i.e. without recompiling all dependencies every time)? Thanks, Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
