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authorIan Lance Taylor <ian@gcc.gnu.org>2015-03-13 18:53:13 +0000
committerIan Lance Taylor <ian@gcc.gnu.org>2015-03-13 18:53:13 +0000
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libgo/README: Minor updates.
In particular, mention that libgo should not be stripped. From-SVN: r221427
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This is the runtime support library for the Go programming language.
This library is intended for use with the Go frontend.
-The library has only been tested on GNU/Linux using glibc. It should
-not be difficult to port to other operating systems.
+This library should not be stripped when it is installed. Go code
+relies on being able to look up file/line information, which comes
+from the debugging info using the libbacktrace library.
-The library has only been tested on x86/x86_64 systems. It should not
-be difficult to port to other architectures.
+The library has only been tested on GNU/Linux using glibc, and on
+Solaris. It should not be difficult to port to other operating
+systems.
Directories:
go
- A copy of the Go library from http://golang.org/, with a few
- changes for gccgo. Notably, the reflection interface is different.
+ A copy of the Go library from http://golang.org/, with several
+ changes for gccgo.
runtime
Runtime functions, written in C, which are called directly by the
compiler or by the library.
-syscalls
- System call support.
-
Contributing
============