Commit f22e5cfc authored by Andrew Gerrand's avatar Andrew Gerrand

goinstall: update doc.go

R=golang-dev, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/4645048
parent b7b8f2b0
......@@ -41,9 +41,17 @@ Another common idiom is to use
to update, recompile, and reinstall all goinstalled packages.
The source code for a package with import path foo/bar is expected
to be in the directory $GOROOT/src/pkg/foo/bar/. If the import
path refers to a code hosting site, goinstall will download the code
if necessary. The recognized code hosting sites are:
to be in the directory $GOPATH/src/foo/bar/ or $GOROOT/src/pkg/foo/bar/.
(See the discussion of GOPATH below for more detail.)
If the package source is not found locally and the import path begins
with a domain name, goinstall attempts to detect a remote source repository
(Bazaar, Git, Mercurial, or Subversion). If a supported repository is found,
goinstall uses the appropriate tool to download the source code.
If the import path refers to a known code hosting site, goinstall skips the
repository detection and downloads the code directly.
The recognized code hosting sites are:
BitBucket (Mercurial)
......@@ -63,7 +71,7 @@ if necessary. The recognized code hosting sites are:
import "project.googlecode.com/svn/trunk"
import "project.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/sub/directory"
Launchpad
Launchpad (Bazaar)
import "launchpad.net/project"
import "launchpad.net/project/series"
......@@ -87,7 +95,7 @@ system, typically HEAD for git, tip for Mercurial.
After a successful download and installation of a publicly accessible
remote package, goinstall reports the installation to godashboard.appspot.com,
which increments a count associated with the package and the time
of its most recent installation. This mechanism powers the package list
of its most recent installation. This mechanism powers the package list
at http://godashboard.appspot.com/package, allowing Go programmers
to learn about popular packages that might be worth looking at.
The -dashboard=false flag disables this reporting.
......@@ -96,11 +104,7 @@ By default, goinstall prints output only when it encounters an error.
The -v flag causes goinstall to print information about packages
being considered and installed.
Goinstall does not attempt to be a replacement for make.
Instead, it invokes "make install" after locating the package sources.
For local packages without a Makefile and all remote packages,
goinstall creates and uses a temporary Makefile constructed from
the import path and the list of Go files in the package.
Goinstall does not use make. Makefiles are ignored by goinstall.
The GOPATH Environment Variable
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