On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 9:43 AM Dave Cheney <d...@cheney.net> wrote: > Please allow me to clarify, anyone other than Jan never needs to set > GOROOT. > > While I do agree with this advice, it unfortunately doesn't teach people as to why it is a bad idea to set GOROOT, and what kinds of troubles you are likely to run into.
For instance, the install-documentation on the Go website, https://golang.org/doc/install Mentions setting GOROOT when "installing to a custom location" (albeit with a warning admonition). In short, I do understand why people toy with that variable, even if it leads to misery down the road. In general, modern UNIX systems have so many complex layers which we built upon again and again that I feel many people nowadays diverge into "random knob turning to see if it alleviates the problem." GOROOT is one of them. -- 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.
