On 20 March 2016 at 21:08, Michael Hudson-Doyle <michael.hud...@canonical.com> wrote:
> >> The exact (but cryptic) error reported is: >> >> go install net: open /usr/lib/go/pkg/linux_amd64/net.a: permission denied >> >> Since Go 1.2 (according to the docs [1]) it should be possible to use the net >> package without CGO on some systems. >> My system is linux-amd64 (one with jessie and one with testing). > > You can build the executable, but you have to use 'go build' and not > 'go install'. > > This is all reminiscent of the conversation after > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776401#27 although > it's a bit worse than that because the set up here really wants to > replace GOROOT/pkg/linux_amd64/net.a, not install another one. I finally mentioned this on the upstream list and Russ Cox pointed out that you can use the -pkgdir argument to the go tool here, you can do something like go install -pkgdir ~/.gopkgdir instead of plain go install. Cheers, mwh
