it's "$GOROOT/VERSION.cache". just put whatever you want in there or
bind it from /tmp if you don't want to pollute the non-plan9 side of
things.

On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Skip Tavakkolian
<skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately doesn't seem to help:
>
> cpue% ./all.rc
> # Building C bootstrap tool.
> cmd/dist
> go tool dist: FAILED: /bin/hg identify -b:
> '/n/zotac/usr/local/go/VERSION.cache' does not exist
> abort:: '/bin/abort:' directory entry not found
> cpue%
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 12:32 PM, minux <minux.ma@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Monday, April 15, 2013, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:
>>>
>>> I can build Go from tip on Plan 9 using a local repo clone.  I want to
>>> build it using a repo exported from a Linux box (via u9fs) -- because of
>>> codereview extensions and keeping a consistent repo.  Trying to build a
>>> remotely mounted clone, I get:
>>>
>>> cpue% ./all.rc
>>> # Building C bootstrap tool.
>>> cmd/dist
>>>
>>> # Building compilers and Go bootstrap tool for host, plan9/386.
>>> *** failed to import extension codereview from
>>> $GOROOT/lib/codereview/codereview.py: [Errno 12] Invalid argument
>>> abort: There is no Mercurial repository here (.hg not found)
>>
>> you should disable the codereview plugin in .hg/hgrc.
>>
>> another workaround is to create $GOROOT/VERSION file manually so that
>> the build process won't need mercurial.
>>>
>>>
>>> go tool dist: FAILED: /bin/hg identify -b:
>>> '/n/zotac/usr/local/go/VERSION.cache' does not exist
>>> cpue%
>>>
>>> /n/zotac is the Linux filesystem that is served by u9fs. Any hints?
>
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