all: provide macOS downloads for Go 1.18.1

[dmitshur]

Updated Status

This issue has been resolved, and macOS binaries are available at https://go.dev/dl/.

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The Go 1.18.1 release does not have macOS binaries available for download at https://go.dev/dl/ at this time. This is a known issue, and we are working on making those binaries available as soon as possible.

This is the tracking issue.

Until this is resolved, it's possible in the meantime to build Go 1.18.1 on macOS from source code or via the gotip command. If you can wait for this issue to be resolved, it'll become possible to download Go 1.18.1 macOS binaries as usual.

CC @cherrymui, @golang/release.

[ghostsquad]

I tried to download 1.18.1 & unzip/untar from:

download_url="https://dl.google.com/go/go${version}.${platform}-${arch}.tar.gz"

on macOs, and received

tar: Error opening archive: Unrecognized archive format

Will that problem be solved at the same time that this is resolved?

[dmitshur]

@ghostsquad Yes. What you're describing will work after this issue is fixed.

[amnonbc]

Quite a lot of devs are using macs, and I imagine many are tripping up on the missing binaires.

So unless a fix is imminent, it might be worth adding
some text to https://go.dev/dl/ saying something on the lines of

"The mac binaries are missing right now. (This is a known issue +link to issue).
We are hoping to get it fixed by DD/MM/YYYY. If you are a mac user, then best to carry on using 1.18
till then (link to 1.18 mac installers for AMD and arm). If you can't wait, then you can install from source
+link in build from source instructions"

[alexellis]

I also had this issue this morning and it's really confusing.

Here's my workaround:

# Intel
curl -SL https://go.dev/dl/go1.18.darwin-amd64.pkg -o go1.18.darwin-amd64.pkg

# M1
curl -SL https://go.dev/dl/go1.18.darwin-amd64.pkg -o go1.18.darwin-arm64.pkg

Then open filename to install.

[amnonbc]

I also had this issue this morning and it's really confusing.

Here's my workaround:

# Intel
curl -SL https://go.dev/dl/go1.18.darwin-amd64.pkg -o go1.18.darwin-amd64.pkg

# M1
curl -SL https://go.dev/dl/go1.18.darwin-amd64.pkg -o go1.18.darwin-arm64.pkg

Then open filename to install.

That will give you the 1.18 version from a few weeks ago.

Another option of mac users is to run brew install golang
which will install go 1.18.1