golang/go

make.bash: clarify that CGO_ENABLED=0 sets default into resulting compiler

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#51,305 opened on Feb 21, 2022

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Description

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes.

What did you do?

Ran CGO_ENABLED=0 ./make.bash.

What did you expect to see?

I expected it to produce a compiler (without using cgo) that abides by the documented behavior for cgo. Namely, host builds have cgo enabled by default.

What did you see instead?

The resulting compiler defaults to cgo disabled even for the host, as confirmed by go env.

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Research direction
Investigate make.bash script to understand how CGO ENABLED=0 affects the default cgo setting in the compiled compiler. Look for env variable handling and any documentation mismatches.
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go
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backend
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