What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version
go version go1.14.2 linux/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

$ go env
GO111MODULE=""
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCACHE="/home/jdel/.cache/go-build"
GOENV="/home/jdel/.config/go/env"
GOEXE=""
GOFLAGS=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOINSECURE=""
GONOPROXY=""
GONOSUMDB=""
GOOS="linux"
GOPATH="/go"
GOPRIVATE=""
GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
GOROOT="/home/jdel/go"
GOSUMDB="sum.golang.org"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/home/jdel/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
GCCGO="gccgo"
AR="ar"
CC="gcc"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
GOMOD=""
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build427238640=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches"

What did you do?

I want to build a shared library with a subset of the standard library, but many packages. This is the command I'm using, which seems to be the appropriate way to attempt this according to "go help buildmode".

./bin/go install -buildmode=shared -linkshared archive/tar archive/zip bufio bytes compress/flate compress/gzip container/heap container/list context crypto crypto/aes crypto/cipher crypto/des crypto/dsa crypto/ecdsa crypto/elliptic crypto/hmac crypto/internal/randutil crypto/internal/subtle crypto/md5 crypto/rand crypto/rc4 crypto/rsa crypto/sha1 crypto/sha256 crypto/sha512 crypto/subtle crypto/tls crypto/x509 crypto/x509/pkix database/sql database/sql/driver encoding encoding/asn1 encoding/base64 encoding/binary encoding/csv encoding/hex encoding/json encoding/pem encoding/xml errors expvar flag fmt go/ast go/parser go/scanner go/token hash hash/crc32 html html/template image image/color image/internal/imageutil image/jpeg internal/bytealg internal/cpu internal/fmtsort internal/nettrace internal/poll internal/race internal/singleflight internal/syscall/unix internal/testlog io io/ioutil log log/syslog math math/big math/bits math/cmplx math/rand mime mime/multipart mime/quotedprintable net net/http net/http/httptest net/http/httptrace net/http/httputil net/http/internal net/http/pprof net/textproto net/url os os/exec os/signal os/user path path/filepath reflect regexp regexp/syntax runtime runtime/cgo runtime/debug runtime/internal/atomic runtime/internal/math runtime/internal/sys runtime/pprof runtime/trace sort strconv strings sync sync/atomic syscall testing text/tabwriter text/template text/template/parse time unicode unicode/utf16 unicode/utf8 unsafe

This is the failure I get:

# /tmp/go-build985075268/b143/libarchive-tar,archive-zip,bufio,bytes,compress-flate,compress-gzip,container-heap,container-list,context,crypto,crypto-aes,crypto-cipher,crypto-des,crypto-dsa,crypto-ecdsa,crypto-elliptic,crypto-hmac,crypto-internal-randutil,crypto-internal-subtle,crypto-md5,crypto-rand,crypto-rc4,crypto-rsa,crypto-sha1,crypto-sha256,crypto-sha512,crypto-subtle,crypto-tls,crypto-x509,crypto-x509-pkix,database-sql,database-sql-driver,encoding,encoding-asn1,encoding-base64,encoding-binary,encoding-csv,encoding-hex,encoding-json,encoding-pem,encoding-xml,errors,expvar,flag,fmt,go-ast,go-parser,go-scanner,go-token,hash,hash-crc32,html,html-template,image,image-color,image-internal-imageutil,image-jpeg,internal-bytealg,internal-cpu,internal-fmtsort,internal-nettrace,internal-poll,internal-race,internal-singleflight,internal-syscall-unix,internal-testlog,io,io-ioutil,log,log-syslog,math,math-big,math-bits,math-cmplx,math-rand,mime,mime-multipart,mime-quotedprintable,net,net-http,net-http-httptest,net-http-httptrace,net-http-httputil,net-http-internal,net-http-pprof,net-textproto,net-url,os,os-exec,os-signal,os-user,path,path-filepath,reflect,regexp,regexp-syntax,runtime,runtime-cgo,runtime-debug,runtime-internal-atomic,runtime-internal-math,runtime-internal-sys,runtime-pprof,runtime-trace,sort,strconv,strings,sync,sync-atomic,syscall,testing,text-tabwriter,text-template,text-template-parse,time,unicode,unicode-utf16,unicode-utf8,unsafe.so
/home/jdel/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64/link: cannot create $WORK/b143/libarchive-tar,archive-zip,bufio,bytes,compress-flate,compress-gzip,container-heap,container-list,context,crypto,crypto-aes,crypto-cipher,crypto-des,crypto-dsa,crypto-ecdsa,crypto-elliptic,crypto-hmac,crypto-internal-randutil,crypto-internal-subtle,crypto-md5,crypto-rand,crypto-rc4,crypto-rsa,crypto-sha1,crypto-sha256,crypto-sha512,crypto-subtle,crypto-tls,crypto-x509,crypto-x509-pkix,database-sql,database-sql-driver,encoding,encoding-asn1,encoding-base64,encoding-binary,encoding-csv,encoding-hex,encoding-json,encoding-pem,encoding-xml,errors,expvar,flag,fmt,go-ast,go-parser,go-scanner,go-token,hash,hash-crc32,html,html-template,image,image-color,image-internal-imageutil,image-jpeg,internal-bytealg,internal-cpu,internal-fmtsort,internal-nettrace,internal-poll,internal-race,internal-singleflight,internal-syscall-unix,internal-testlog,io,io-ioutil,log,log-syslog,math,math-big,math-bits,math-cmplx,math-rand,mime,mime-multipart,mime-quotedprintable,net,net-http,net-http-httptest,net-http-httptrace,net-http-httputil,net-http-internal,net-http-pprof,net-textproto,net-url,os,os-exec,os-signal,os-user,path,path-filepath,reflect,regexp,regexp-syntax,runtime,runtime-cgo,runtime-debug,runtime-internal-atomic,runtime-internal-math,runtime-internal-sys,runtime-pprof,runtime-trace,sort,strconv,strings,sync,sync-atomic,syscall,testing,text-tabwriter,text-template,text-template-parse,time,unicode,unicode-utf16,unicode-utf8,unsafe.so: open $WORK/b143/libarchive-tar,archive-zip,bufio,bytes,compress-flate,compress-gzip,container-heap,container-list,context,crypto,crypto-aes,crypto-cipher,crypto-des,crypto-dsa,crypto-ecdsa,crypto-elliptic,crypto-hmac,crypto-internal-randutil,crypto-internal-subtle,crypto-md5,crypto-rand,crypto-rc4,crypto-rsa,crypto-sha1,crypto-sha256,crypto-sha512,crypto-subtle,crypto-tls,crypto-x509,crypto-x509-pkix,database-sql,database-sql-driver,encoding,encoding-asn1,encoding-base64,encoding-binary,encoding-csv,encoding-hex,encoding-json,encoding-pem,encoding-xml,errors,expvar,flag,fmt,go-ast,go-parser,go-scanner,go-token,hash,hash-crc32,html,html-template,image,image-color,image-internal-imageutil,image-jpeg,internal-bytealg,internal-cpu,internal-fmtsort,internal-nettrace,internal-poll,internal-race,internal-singleflight,internal-syscall-unix,internal-testlog,io,io-ioutil,log,log-syslog,math,math-big,math-bits,math-cmplx,math-rand,mime,mime-multipart,mime-quotedprintable,net,net-http,net-http-httptest,net-http-httptrace,net-http-httputil,net-http-internal,net-http-pprof,net-textproto,net-url,os,os-exec,os-signal,os-user,path,path-filepath,reflect,regexp,regexp-syntax,runtime,runtime-cgo,runtime-debug,runtime-internal-atomic,runtime-internal-math,runtime-internal-sys,runtime-pprof,runtime-trace,sort,strconv,strings,sync,sync-atomic,syscall,testing,text-tabwriter,text-template,text-template-parse,time,unicode,unicode-utf16,unicode-utf8,unsafe.so: file name too long

What did you expect to see?

This to succeed and produce a library file.

What did you see instead?

"File name too long" error. The problem is the package names are all concatenated into the file name, which bloats up quickly. I can manually work around this with "go tool link" but is there a more canonical way?

More context:
I want to split a large executable into plugins to reduce memory footprint at run time under certain circumstances. The plan is:

• Create a plugin with all the functions I desire.
• Create a shared library with all intersection of dependent packages between the plugin and my exe. This is to prevent redundantly bloating plugin and exe with identical text for the common packages.