build-system/go: Plan removal of the pkg folder for go-1.11 onward.

* guix/build/go-build-system.scm (install): New comment.
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Pierre Neidhardt 2018-11-11 22:03:08 +01:00
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@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ (define* (install #:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
$GOPATH/pkg, so we have to copy them into the output directory manually.
Compiled executable files should have already been installed to the store based
on $GOBIN in the build phase."
;; TODO: From go-1.10 onward, the pkg folder should not be needed (see
;; https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-11/msg00208.html).
;; Remove it?
(when (file-exists? "pkg")
(copy-recursively "pkg" (string-append (assoc-ref outputs "out") "/pkg")))
#t)