From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <1b157c8bb44aec67c1446c45563889e9@ghost.attlocal.net> From: Sean Hinchee Message-ID: <56B14BE0.2040000@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 18:37:52 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1b157c8bb44aec67c1446c45563889e9@ghost.attlocal.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] rc exec error behaviour Topicbox-Message-UUID: 81facdc4-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Go 1.5.1 built and is running on 9Front/amd64 I thought, but doesn't on 9Front/386? On 02/02/2016 11:11 AM, sl@9front.org wrote: > I think when people say "works" they mean that tip builds. The > outstanding bugs with the language on Plan 9 are still outstanding > (see the open issues), regardless of which Plan 9 you are running. > > I think it's great if someone's programs work. I use a few go programs > (built with go 1.4.2 for both 386 and amd64) daily on 9front without > problems. That said, go 1.5.x (the language) fails to build on 9front/amd64, > but seems to build and work as well as 1.4.2 on 9front/386. The crucial > aspect here is what works and what doesn't work *after* go builds. I think > some people keep making cracks because some funfamental things remain > broken in all versions (see the open issues). > > People who didn't notice tip no longer builds on some systems may > (like me) have been content running their existing working binaries. > Not everyone chases updates unless there is an immediate reason to > update. > > sl >