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From: Stetson <stetsongafford@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:12
Subject: [go-nuts] Cross compiling OSX to Linux 386 with Go tool ("cannot use cgo
when compiling for a different operating system")
To: golang-nuts <golang-nuts@googlegroups.com>


Hi all,

I've been developing with Go on OSX targeting Linux 386 for about 8
months, but now I'm trying to do so with the latest Weekly (01-20).

I installed and compiled the weekly under OSX, and then did the same
in a Linux VM and copied the /pkg/linux_386/ folder over to the OSX
install, which is how I did it before.

I've mostly figured out how to use the go tool for building and
installing my own packages, and I like it a lot now that I'm used to
it, but it doesn't seem to like cross compiling when using packages
that rely on cgo.

When I try to compile my package (which imports net/http, which I
think relies on cgo) with GOOS=linux using 8g, it seems to work just
fine. When I try to 'go install' the package, I get the error "cannot
use cgo when compiling for a different operating system".

Do I just need to do all of my compiling and copying manually or is
there some way to use the go tool with this setup?

Thanks