I'm sorry but centos/rhel versions less than 6 are not supported by Go

Ah, sorry for the noise then.

Sadly this will not be the only problem you run into.

Here is a workaround for this problem:

http://blog.nella.org/building-go-1-4-when-the-linker-doesnt-know-about-build-id/

While RHEL 5.5 is not supported by Go, with this workaround, the Go toolchain build does complete, and you can use Go 1.4 to build Go tip, and you can use Go tip's compiler. Perhaps the binaries fail in funny ways at runtime due to RHEL 5.5?

The Go runtime requires Linux kernel version 2.6.23--which version of the kernel does RHEL 5.5 have?

RHEL 5.x is supposedly 2.6.18 - but the real answer is not as simple as comparing version numbers as RedHat actively backports features from later kernels.

http://dave.cheney.net/2013/06/18/how-to-install-go-1-1-on-centos-5

I've compiled Go 1.4 on Cenos 5.x and the test suite appears to complete with no errors except for the file descriptor leak and all the code I've personally tested appears to work. However, I think realistically most simple programs would run fine but you are walking into a potential minefield if you plan on using Go in a non-trivial way on Centos/RHEL 5.

@alyandon @jeffallen this issue is closed. Please take the discussion elsewhere, probably golang-nuts.