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Lassesen opened this issue Oct 22, 2016 · 4 comments
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doc: Install documentation on Windows has issues #17553

Lassesen opened this issue Oct 22, 2016 · 4 comments
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Documentation Issues describing a change to documentation. FrozenDueToAge NeedsFix The path to resolution is known, but the work has not been done. WaitingForInfo Issue is not actionable because of missing required information, which needs to be provided.
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Please answer these questions before submitting your issue. Thanks!

What version of Go are you using (go version)? 1.7

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

Windows 10 Professional

What did you do?

Installed Go to D: Drive
MISSING instruction, adding to Path, D:\Go\Bin (or wherever...)

Executed:
D:
D:> go install github.com/lassesen/hello
Got:
go: cannot find GOROOT directory C:\go

Checked environmental variables... there was no GOROOT item

What did you expect to see?

Smooth execution

What did you see instead?

Error messages
@bradfitz bradfitz added this to the Go1.8 milestone Oct 22, 2016
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Did you use the MSI installer, or do it manually with the ZIP file?

@bradfitz bradfitz added the Documentation Issues describing a change to documentation. label Oct 22, 2016
@bradfitz bradfitz changed the title Install documentation on Windows has issues. doc: Install documentation on Windows has issues Oct 22, 2016
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Fixing this for real is #17833 which is too late for 1.8, unfortunately.

Doc fixes are encouraged in the meantime.

@quentinmit quentinmit added the NeedsFix The path to resolution is known, but the work has not been done. label Nov 7, 2016
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bradfitz commented Jan 3, 2017

Timed out waiting for reply.

Moving to Go 1.9.

@bradfitz bradfitz modified the milestones: Go1.9, Go1.8 Jan 3, 2017
@ALTree ALTree added the WaitingForInfo Issue is not actionable because of missing required information, which needs to be provided. label Jun 3, 2017
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Sounds like this was fixed by #17833.

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