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cmd/go: go build -o /dev/null a.go creates the file "a" #25579

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ianlancetaylor opened this issue May 25, 2018 · 2 comments
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cmd/go: go build -o /dev/null a.go creates the file "a" #25579

ianlancetaylor opened this issue May 25, 2018 · 2 comments
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On current tip (1ba26a3).

Running go build -o /dev/null hello.go creates the executable hello. go build -o x hello.go works as expected.

> rm ./hello
rm: cannot remove './hello': No such file or directory
> go build -o x ~/hello.go
> ls -l x hello
ls: cannot access 'hello': No such file or directory
-rwxr-x--- 1 iant primarygroup 2651894 May 25 13:58 x*
> rm ./x
> go build -o /dev/null ~/hello.go
> ls -l hello
-rwxr-x--- 1 iant primarygroup 2651894 May 25 13:58 hello*
@ianlancetaylor ianlancetaylor added the NeedsFix The path to resolution is known, but the work has not been done. label May 25, 2018
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This happens with Go 1.10, does not happen with Go 1.9.

It seems to be because runBuild clears cfg.BuildO when it is /dev/null, and then GoFilesPackage sets it back to the base name of the first file on the command line.

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Change https://golang.org/cl/114715 mentions this issue: cmd/go: don't generate output for "go build -o /dev/null x.go"

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