Outdated "build from source" instructions

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Outdated "build from source" instructions

[TomSweeneyRedHat]

@abitrolly I've not used the instructions in a few weeks, but they held the last time I did so. If you find that they are no longer valid, please let us know. @vrothberg is my go mod person, perhaps he has thoughts.

I believe that you could build Podman with go v1.9.*. However, due to security issues in go prior to version 1.12.12, I would not advise using that version or any prior to 1.12.12.

[abitrolly]

What is the point in maintaining compatibility with go v1.9 then?

[TomSweeneyRedHat]

@abitrolly might be end of day brain, but I don't think we're maintaining v1.9 compatibility. The compilation might work with v1.9, but I'm not sure. Did you spot something in the documents that said we supported v1.9? If so, it's probably something that needs to be cleaned up.

[abitrolly]

@TomSweeneyRedHat my bad. The instructions mention 1.10.x. I guess I mixed that number with version of podman. ) Anyway, for the latest go with support for modules there is no need to clone into this structure anymore.

GOPATH
└── src
    └── github.com
        └── containers
            └── libpod

[vrothberg]

Feel free to open a pull request but please make sure that all make targets (including tests) continue working. Although go allows to place the module anywhere, some tools and scripts may rely on the old GOPATH layout.

[rhatdan]

We support go 1.12 right now, although I would like to move to go.1.13. I don't think we want to state we support anything less then 1.12.

[rhatdan]

@TomSweeneyRedHat Is this still an issue?

[abitrolly]

@rhatdan

Feel free to open a pull request but please make sure that all make targets (including tests) continue working.

I can do PR to close this, but I can not make sure that all make targets continue working. Only if tests break.

[TomSweeneyRedHat]

@rhatdan as far as I know this has been cleaned up with other revisions. @abitrolly if you find otherwise, please feel free to reopen or to create a new issue as you think works best.

[abitrolly]

@TomSweeneyRedHat the instruction is still at https://podman.io/getting-started/installation#get-source-code