On Tuesday, 12 May 2020 20:02:01 UTC-4, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > > On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 2:17 PM Randall Becker <the....@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, 12 May 2020 16:55:54 UTC-4, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 1:11 PM Randall Becker <the....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > > >> > I have the go repository with release-branch.go1.4 checked out on a > Windows/cygwin64 installation. Looking for the bootstrap.bash and not > finding one in that branch. Assuming that my eventual target will be called > nsx (rather the standard name for other open source projects), would this > be amd64 as a starting point, or does that not matter? Not sure about the > next step. make.bat to build for Windows first? > >> > >> The only reason to use go1.4 is to use it to build a newer version of > >> Go, ideally the current version. Once you've built the current > >> version, use that for everything else, and set your go1.4 build aside > >> unless and until you need to build Go from scratch again. > >> > >> Yes, I assume that you would use amd64 as a starting point, since your > >> target is 64-bit x86 based > > > > > > So if I get this, build go1.4 from source under Windows, and > bootstrap.bash (but that does not exist in the branch), with the GOOS=nsx > and GOARCH=amd64, then build within the created tree using the cross > compilers. Then build the newest on the target platform using the go1.4 > cross compiled version. > > > > Still wondering what to use for bootstrap.bash, though. > > No, build Go1.4 from source on Windows. Use that to build Go 1.14.2 > (say) on Windows, as described at > https://golang.org/doc/install-source.html. Then use Go 1.14.2 with > bootstrap.bash. Go 1.14.2 comes with bootstrap.bash. > > Once you have Go 1.14.2, throw away Go1.4 and never use it again. The > only reason to use Go1.4 is to build a newer version of Go. Once > you've done that, use the newer version of Go for everything. > > For that matter, you can just download Go 1.14.2 for Windows. Go 1.4 > is there for people who want to bootstrap from source rather than rely > on downloaded binaries. > > Ian >
I have Go 1.14.2 installed and working under Windows. Not sure the next step. Sorry, I was assuming a source build, so I'm a bit clueless. -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/708b93b8-6aea-4339-85bb-06a69a32a481%40googlegroups.com.
