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gopherbot opened this issue Jan 10, 2014 · 4 comments
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x/tools/cmd/godoc: not work with symbolic links #7093

gopherbot opened this issue Jan 10, 2014 · 4 comments
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by laf163:

What steps will reproduce the problem?
If possible, include a link to a program on play.golang.org.
1.ln -s ~/project/xxx $GOPATH/src/xxx
2.go install xxx
3.godoc -http=:6060

What is the expected output?
visit http://x.x.x.x:6060/pkg can find the package xxx.

What do you see instead?
not found.

Which compiler are you using (5g, 6g, 8g, gccgo)?
6g

Which operating system are you using?
centos6.4 amd64

Which version are you using?  (run 'go version')
$ go version
go version go1.2 linux/amd64

Please provide any additional information below.
rm $GOPATH/src/xxx and copy ~/project/xxx to $GOPATH/src, work properly.
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minux commented Jan 11, 2014

Comment 1:

in general, cmd/go and godoc both can't handle symlinks well.
avoid using symlinks if you can.

Labels changed: added repo-tools, release-none.

@bradfitz bradfitz removed the new label Dec 18, 2014
@rsc rsc added this to the Unplanned milestone Apr 10, 2015
@rsc rsc removed the release-none label Apr 10, 2015
@rsc rsc changed the title go.tools/cmd/godoc: not work with symbolic links x/tools/cmd/godoc: not work with symbolic links Apr 14, 2015
@rsc rsc removed the repo-tools label Apr 14, 2015
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This is important to me. I already have a place in my filesystem where I do checkouts of things I'm working on, and I'd like to do the following:
mkdir ${GOPATH}/src/myserver.tld
cd ${GOPATH}/src/myserver.tld
ln -s ${HOME}/my/usual/path/to/my/project .

I'd like to then see the documentation for the thing I'm working on in my godoc server.
I have a fix written for this, it's a small change to golang.org/x/tools/godoc/dirtrees.go

The above symlink already works for building! I can use this just fine as
import "myserver.tld/project"

Given that, it's incongruous that godoc doesn't also work.

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jneo8 commented Apr 9, 2019

If you use gvm linkthis, also have the issue.

@seankhliao seankhliao added the NeedsInvestigation Someone must examine and confirm this is a valid issue and not a duplicate of an existing one. label Jul 13, 2024
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I suppose not very relevant with modules now.

@seankhliao seankhliao closed this as not planned Won't fix, can't repro, duplicate, stale Dec 1, 2024
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