Ubuntu
golang-defaults package

implement alternatives for Go

Bug #1640992 reported by Gábor Lipták
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golang-defaults (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Go 1.7 is packaged for yakkety http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=golang-1.7 , but installing golang installs and points to 1.6. Consider implementing an alternatives setup, allowing to switch between 1.6 and 1.7. Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: golang 2:1.6.1+1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-27.29-generic 4.8.1
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 10 21:15:24 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-21 (204 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160323)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: golang-defaults
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-20 (21 days ago)

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Gábor Lipták (gliptak) wrote :
Gábor Lipták (gliptak)
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Michael Hudson-Doyle (mwhudson) wrote :

I'm sorry but I'm not going to do this. Most packages that are implemented in Go just build-depend on golang-go and invoke /usr/bin/go and it's important that the version of Go that gets you is controlled by the packages' build-depends not whatever the admin of the system has done with update-alternatives.

Changed in golang-defaults (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
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