Commit f89050d7 authored by Andrew Gerrand's avatar Andrew Gerrand

doc/install: describe GOHOSTOS and GOHOSTARCH

Fixes #1303.

R=rsc, PeterGo
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/3442041
parent 9a71bb00
......@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ that receives a message summarizing each checkin to the Go repository.
<h2 id="environment">Environment variables</h2>
<p>
The Go compilation environment can be customized by five environment variables.
The Go compilation environment can be customized by environment variables.
None are required by the build, but you may wish to set them
to override the defaults.
</p>
......@@ -331,8 +331,8 @@ to override the defaults.
</dt>
<dd>
The name of the target operating system and compilation architecture.
These default to the local system's operating system and
architecture.
These default to the values of <code>$GOHOSTOS</code> and
<code>$GOHOSTARCH</code> respectively (described below).
<p>
Choices for <code>$GOOS</code> are <code>linux</code>,
......@@ -377,6 +377,22 @@ to override the defaults.
</table>
</dd>
<dt>
<code>$GOHOSTOS</code> and <code>$GOHOSTARCH</code>
</dt>
<dd>
The name of the host operating system and compilation architecture.
These default to the local system's operating system and
architecture.
<p>
Valid choices are the same as for <code>$GOOS</code> and
<code>$GOARCH</code>, listed above.
The specified values must be compatible with the local system.
For example, you should not set <code>$GOHOSTARCH</code> to
<code>arm</code> on an x86 system.
</dd>
<dt>
<code>$GOBIN</code>
</dt>
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