Re: `go version -m` missing module version information
I bet this is due to "dh-golang" not building in module mode at all
(it still builds in the older "GOPATH" mode because the module mode is
significantly harder to integrate with the way distro packaging
works).
♥,
- Tianon
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On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 at 13:12, M Hickford <mirth.hickford@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> `go version -m` prints "Go version and module versions used to build a
> specific executable"
>
> Example from the Go docs https://go.dev/ref/mod#go-version-m
>
> > The -m flag causes go version to print each executable’s embedded module version information, when available. For each executable, go version -m prints a table with tab-separated columns like the one below.
> >
> > $ go version -m ~/go/bin/goimports
> > /home/jrgopher/go/bin/goimports: go1.14.3
> > path golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports
> > mod golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200518203908-8018eb2c26ba h1:0Lcy64USfQQL6GAJma8BdHCgeofcchQj+Z7j0SXYAzU=
> > dep golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0 h1:KU7oHjnv3XNWfa5COkzUifxZmxp1TyI7ImMXqFxLwvQ=
> > dep golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
>
> However this information seems to be missing in Debian go binaries:
>
> $ go version -m /usr/bin/caddy
> caddy: go1.19.4
> path github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2/cmd/caddy
> build -compiler=gc
> build -trimpath=true
> build CGO_ENABLED=0
> build GOARCH=amd64
> build GOOS=linux
> build GOAMD64=v1
>
> Presumably the module version information is stripped somehow. Could
> it be added back? Or would it add too much to binary size?
>
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