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x/tools/cmd/godoc: goroot flag has no effect when running in command-line mode #13296

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0xmohit opened this issue Nov 17, 2015 · 2 comments
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x/tools/cmd/godoc: goroot flag has no effect when running in command-line mode #13296

0xmohit opened this issue Nov 17, 2015 · 2 comments
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0xmohit commented Nov 17, 2015

When running in command-line mode, specifying the -goroot flag has no effect. Running:

godoc -goroot=/usr/local/go1.4.2 math/big

would list Float too:

Package big implements multi-precision arithmetic (big numbers). The
following numeric types are supported:

    Int    signed integers
    Rat    rational numbers
    Float  floating-point numbers

If served over HTTP (godoc -goroot=/usr/local/go1.4.2 math/big -http=:6060), the resulting documentation page is as expected.

Setting GOROOT environment variable instead works as expected:

GOROOT=/usr/local/go1.4.2 godoc math/big
@ianlancetaylor ianlancetaylor added this to the Unreleased milestone Nov 17, 2015
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agnivade commented Apr 11, 2018 •
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This happens because when a normal package path is passed, the GOROOT is assumed to be build.Default.GOROOT.

If you do - godoc -goroot=/usr/local/go1.4.2 /usr/local/go1.4.2/src/math/big. It gives the correct output. Although it defeats the purpose of passing goroot in the first place.

Will send a fix.

@agnivade agnivade added the NeedsFix The path to resolution is known, but the work has not been done. label Apr 13, 2018
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Change https://golang.org/cl/110275 mentions this issue: godoc: set the GOROOT path properly in cmdline mode

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