[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 1/3] runc: new package

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Thu, 26 May 2016 12:51:49 -0700, Geoff Levand wrote:

> Go expects the developer to have a 'workspace' with a
> prescribed directory layout.  Many projects archive their
> sources with a truncated path, so when they are extracted
> to a directory (@D in buildroot's case) things need to be
> fix enough for the go compiler to work.  This is a common
> situation, and these fixups are often seen in project
> build scripts.
> 
> See https://golang.org/doc/code.html#Workspaces

I have no problem with Go requiring a "workspace" to have a certain
organization. But why does these workspaces all need to be in
$$GOPATH ? Why can't $(@D) for each package contain a workspace ?

Thomas
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