[Pkg-golang-devel] Bug#776401: Bug#776401: src:golang: Set CGO_ENABLED for all platforms

[Hilko Bengen]

* Tianon Gravi:

> Does compiling the stdlib with this force-enabled have any
> implications for existing users?

As far as I can see, it does not. The only notable change is that
cgo.a files are installed for more than one architecture.

> Also, what's the impact on the future Go 1.5, especially the new,
> simpler cross-compile[1] that no longer requires rebuilding the entire
> standard library and toolchain up front like we do currently?

I haven't really looked at what will become Go 1.5. Dave Cheney
specifically writes that CGO-related things are out of scope of that
article.

Cheers,
-Hilko