doc: update 1.6 release notes with buildmode progress

Fixes #13358

Change-Id: I57ed50c2610cab11fb3d9749f9e7d4a37daa7977
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/18276
Reviewed-by: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>

diff --git a/doc/go1.6.html b/doc/go1.6.html
index fe079301cdfaf9d92178121e6f10a55eb95b26f0..9192ca0c61f52091a7486e22acf7c3af8265ab32 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/go1.6.html
+++ b/doc/go1.6.html
@@ -132,7 +132,14 @@ and it may be set to <code>none</code> to disable the use of a support library.
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-TODO: Something about build modes.
+The implementation of <a href="/doc/go1.5#link">build modes started in Go 1.5</a> has been expanded to more systems.
+This release adds support for the <code>c-shared</code> mode on <code>android/386</code>, <code>android/amd64</code>,
+<code>android/arm64</code>, <code>linux/386</code>, and <code>linux/arm64</code>;
+for the <code>shared</code> mode on <code>linux/386</code>, <code>linux/arm</code>, <code>linux/amd64</code>, and <code>linux/ppc64le</code>;
+and for the new <code>pie</code> mode (generating position-independent executables) on
+<code>android/386</code>, <code>android/amd64</code>, <code>android/arm</code>, <code>android/arm64</code>, <code>linux/386</code>,
+<code>linux/amd64</code>, <code>linux/arm</code>, <code>linux/arm64</code>, and <code>linux/ppc64le</code>.
+See the <a href="https://golang.org/s/execmodes">design document</a> for details.
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