This was also raised in https://github.com/golang/go/issues/24506 and
is being fixed in the linked CL
On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 at 06:33, John More <jm...@tele-metron.com> wrote:
>
> You are right, using the -i option did the deed.
> Thanks
> John
>
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 1:26 AM, Ian Lance Taylor <i...@golang.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 7:09 PM, John More <jm...@tele-metron.com> wrote:
>> > following the tutorial at https://golang.org/doc/code.html the go install I
>> > am confused by the following statement:
>> >
>> >
>> > Whenever the go tool installs a package or binary, it also installs 
>> > whatever
>> > dependencies it has. So when you install the hello program
>> >
>> > $ go install github.com/user/hello
>> >
>> > the stringutil package will be installed as well, automatically.
>> >
>> > Does this mean stringutil.a will show up in the pkg folder or do I have to
>> > do I have to explicitly install the stringutil.go  file.
>> >
>> > Following the instructions does not produce the suggested output that
>> > includes the stringutil.a file under the pkg directory.
>> >
>> > Am I missing some compiler flags or an environment variable?
>>
>> Sorry, this time replying to all.
>>
>> I don't think that statement is accurate.  I think that's a bug in
>> go/doc/code.html.  It's only true if you use the -i option.
>>
>> Ian
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