Re: [PATCH 5/5] gitignore: Ignore golang package directory

[George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@citrix.com>]

> On May 26, 2020, at 5:59 PM, Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@citrix.com> wrote:
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> George Dunlap writes ("Re: [PATCH 5/5] gitignore: Ignore golang package directory"):
>> [explanation]
> 
> Sounds quite tangled...
> 
>> Nick, any opinions?
> ...
>>> Is there not a risk that humans will try to edit it ?
> 
> Anyway ISTM that you have definitely considered this so
> 
> Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>
> 
> assuming that and Nick convince yourselves you've addressed this
> possible issue.
> 
>> I suppose someone might.  If we decide we want to support older versions of go, we probably want to figure something out there.  Options:
>> 
>> 1. Copy the files to a temp directory instead.  This is complicated because we have to find a good temp directory, and we’d have to copy them every time, slowing down the incremental build (though not that much).
> 
> I don't think that helps much.
> 
>> 2. Put a file in the generated directory like “GENERATED_DO_NOT_EDIT”.
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>> 3. Put them in tools/golang/GENERATED_DO_NOT_EDIT/src instead.
> 
> Do they not have a header comment saying DO NOT EDIT ?

The generated files do, but this copies all the files, including the non-generated ones.

Anyway, it turns out is has nothing to do with go modules per se, but more to do with my quixotic attempt to make it possible to build from stuff installed locally in $PREFIX, rather than having to clone something over the internet.  The current version of the “build test” doesn’t actually use this GOPATH stuff, and works even on versions of golang that don’t have module support.

I’ve got a patch that removes this whole fake-GOPATH thing; I’ll send that along in lieu of patches 4 and 5.

Thanks,
 -George