From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Wingo Subject: Re: Go build system Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 10:47:22 +0200 Message-ID: <87vazu14v9.fsf@igalia.com> References: <20160711213621.GA22573@jasmine> <87mvl68yhn.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43195) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bRbXu-0002vJ-DO for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jul 2016 04:47:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bRbXq-00010J-AA for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 25 Jul 2016 04:47:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87mvl68yhn.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s=22'?= =?utf-8?Q?s?= message of "Mon, 25 Jul 2016 00:25:40 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Mon 25 Jul 2016 00:25, ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: >> Should Go packages refer to the compiler? This Syncthing package does >> retain a reference. > > I suppose it keeps a reference to run-time support libraries provided by > the =E2=80=98go=E2=80=99 package? I believe that unless you specifically compile shared objects, that the runtime should be statically linked in. There is still a dynamic link to libc and some things like that. But, I could be wrong :) It could also be that it embeds the path to the build tools somehow. Andy