cmd/go: delete references to old tools (5a etc.) from cmd/go docs

Don't talk about commands that no longer exist.

There are still references throughout the tree, mostly in comments,
but they provide a charming historical backdrop for the idle tourist.

Change-Id: I637ebdce05bbc7df5addcc46cb772d2bb9f3e073
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/11885
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>

diff --git a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
index f4dfed474d8bc0a0417cefb250d6df2ba937d864..1a021fa44d17a2be749cc90ba747a74dd78fe099 100644 (file)
--- a/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/alldocs.go
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ and test commands:
                For more information about build tags, see the description of
                build constraints in the documentation for the go/build package.
        -toolexec 'cmd args'
-               a program to use to invoke toolchain programs like 5a, 5g, and 5l.
-               For example, instead of running 5g, the go command will run
-               'cmd args /path/to/5g <arguments for 5g>'.
+               a program to use to invoke toolchain programs like vet and asm.
+               For example, instead of running asm, the go command will run
+               'cmd args /path/to/asm <arguments for asm>'.
 
 The list flags accept a space-separated list of strings. To embed spaces
 in an element in the list, surround it with either single or double quotes.
@@ -785,10 +785,9 @@ the extension of the file name. These extensions are:
                Go source files.
        .c, .h
                C source files.
-               If the package uses cgo, these will be compiled with the
-               OS-native compiler (typically gcc); otherwise they will be
-               compiled with the Go-specific support compiler,
-               5c, 6c, or 8c, etc. as appropriate.
+               If the package uses cgo or SWIG, these will be compiled with the
+               OS-native compiler (typically gcc); otherwise they will
+               trigger an error.
        .cc, .cpp, .cxx, .hh, .hpp, .hxx
                C++ source files. Only useful with cgo or SWIG, and always
                compiled with the OS-native compiler.
@@ -797,10 +796,9 @@ the extension of the file name. These extensions are:
                compiled with the OS-native compiler.
        .s, .S
                Assembler source files.
-               If the package uses cgo, these will be assembled with the
+               If the package uses cgo or SWIG, these will be assembled with the
                OS-native assembler (typically gcc (sic)); otherwise they
-               will be assembled with the Go-specific support assembler,
-               5a, 6a, or 8a, etc., as appropriate.
+               will be assembled with the Go assembler.
        .swig, .swigcxx
                SWIG definition files.
        .syso

diff --git a/src/cmd/go/build.go b/src/cmd/go/build.go
index f324163180042d6bea6231b349947b1e6f7f72f3..637198edd6135ee3e226b4952edad74c719cb11b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/cmd/go/build.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/build.go
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ and test commands:
                For more information about build tags, see the description of
                build constraints in the documentation for the go/build package.
        -toolexec 'cmd args'
-               a program to use to invoke toolchain programs like 5a, 5g, and 5l.
-               For example, instead of running 5g, the go command will run
-               'cmd args /path/to/5g <arguments for 5g>'.
+               a program to use to invoke toolchain programs like vet and asm.
+               For example, instead of running asm, the go command will run
+               'cmd args /path/to/asm <arguments for asm>'.
 
 The list flags accept a space-separated list of strings. To embed spaces
 in an element in the list, surround it with either single or double quotes.

diff --git a/src/cmd/go/help.go b/src/cmd/go/help.go
index 49454e5023ca25ea068b0e09ef249cfb1d4067f0..cd71ade5c21ac0b03058adaae608a88b58d5f4d8 100644 (file)
--- a/src/cmd/go/help.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/help.go
@@ -338,10 +338,9 @@ the extension of the file name. These extensions are:
                Go source files.
        .c, .h
                C source files.
-               If the package uses cgo, these will be compiled with the
-               OS-native compiler (typically gcc); otherwise they will be
-               compiled with the Go-specific support compiler,
-               5c, 6c, or 8c, etc. as appropriate.
+               If the package uses cgo or SWIG, these will be compiled with the
+               OS-native compiler (typically gcc); otherwise they will
+               trigger an error.
        .cc, .cpp, .cxx, .hh, .hpp, .hxx
                C++ source files. Only useful with cgo or SWIG, and always
                compiled with the OS-native compiler.
@@ -350,10 +349,9 @@ the extension of the file name. These extensions are:
                compiled with the OS-native compiler.
        .s, .S
                Assembler source files.
-               If the package uses cgo, these will be assembled with the
+               If the package uses cgo or SWIG, these will be assembled with the
                OS-native assembler (typically gcc (sic)); otherwise they
-               will be assembled with the Go-specific support assembler,
-               5a, 6a, or 8a, etc., as appropriate.
+               will be assembled with the Go assembler.
        .swig, .swigcxx
                SWIG definition files.
        .syso