From: Andrew Gerrand Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 01:44:50 +0000 (+1100) Subject: doc: update pre-requisites for bootstrapping X-Git-Tag: go1.5beta1~2033 X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3b67e9c29922e3b192113206abd40d983fa2bfe8;p=gostls13.git doc: update pre-requisites for bootstrapping Change-Id: Id86994c8692e29f9d073b6322733ce9219887dc3 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/4520 Run-TryBot: Andrew Gerrand Reviewed-by: Rob Pike --- diff --git a/doc/install-source.html b/doc/install-source.html index 15cb624df2..c924caa30d 100644 --- a/doc/install-source.html +++ b/doc/install-source.html @@ -77,12 +77,25 @@ The full set of supported combinations is listed in the discussion of -

Install C tools, if needed

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Install Go compiler binaries

-The Go tool chain is written in C. To build it, you need a C compiler installed. -Please refer to the InstallFromSource -page on the Go community Wiki for operating system specific instructions. +The Go tool chain is written in Go. To build it, you need a Go compiler installed. +The scripts that do the initial build of the tools look for an existing Go tool +chain in $HOME/go1.4. +(This path may be overridden by setting the GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP +environment variable.) +

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+Build the tools with Go version 1.4 or a point release (1.4.1, 1.4.2 etc.). +Go 1.4 binaries can be found at the downloads page. +

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+Download the zip or tarball of Go 1.4 for your platform and extract it to +$HOME/go1.4 (or your nominated GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP +location).

Install Git, if needed