On 8/15/20, Marvin Renich <m...@renich.org> wrote: > * Volker Dobler <dr.volker.dob...@gmail.com> [200814 14:53]: >> On Friday, 14 August 2020 20:39:37 UTC+2, K Richard Pixley wrote: >> > Isn't this the default location? I just untarred the distribution... >> >> No. There is a reason https://golang.org/doc/install#install >> states to do tar -C /usr/local -xzf go$VERSION.$OS-$ARCH.tar.gz > .... > It also might be productive to mention that many (Linux?) distributions > (e.g. Debian, Fedora, RHEL) provide reasonably up-to-date packages for > Go, and that using the distribution's package manager may be easier, > provide better security support, and integrate better than manually > installing the official Go binary distribution.
Could you please give an example to "better security support" in a distribution's package manager? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CA%2BctqrqLaCVbHr8W4swdVZqd9hFNzEUDcdRh3yJopRhc_cxpng%40mail.gmail.com.
