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authorRuss Cox <rsc@golang.org>2012-03-12 17:03:29 -0400
committerRuss Cox <rsc@golang.org>2012-03-12 17:03:29 -0400
commit42a4cb20519fb419b29cd6ebee72e60a978776b2 (patch)
tree4dd077957afdaab7126564ff28ef382962f32f74 /src/cmd/go/help.go
parent27011387ab8ede48b7d4e7d4070c21df5d2c546d (diff)
downloadgo-42a4cb20519fb419b29cd6ebee72e60a978776b2.tar.gz
undo CL 5754088 / cae9a7c0db06
broke builders ??? original CL description cmd/go: respect $GOBIN always Before, we only consulted $GOBIN for source code found in $GOROOT, but that's confusing to explain and less useful. The new behavior lets users set GOBIN=$HOME/bin and have all go-compiled binaries installed there. Fixes issue 3269. R=golang-dev, bradfitz CC=golang-dev http://codereview.appspot.com/5754088 ??? TBR=bradfitz CC=golang-dev http://codereview.appspot.com/5794065
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diff --git a/src/cmd/go/help.go b/src/cmd/go/help.go
index 47ea0c711..26640d833 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/help.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/help.go
@@ -209,9 +209,7 @@ the final element, not the entire path. That is, the
command with source in DIR/src/foo/quux is installed into
DIR/bin/quux, not DIR/bin/foo/quux. The foo/ is stripped
so that you can add DIR/bin to your PATH to get at the
-installed commands. If the GOBIN environment variable is
-set, commands are installed to the directory it names instead
-of DIR/bin.
+installed commands.
Here's an example directory layout: