On Mon 25 Jul 2016 00:25, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: >> Should Go packages refer to the compiler? This Syncthing package does >> retain a reference. > > I suppose it keeps a reference to run-time support libraries provided by > the ‘go’ package?
I believe that unless you specifically compile shared objects, that the runtime should be statically linked in. There is still a dynamic link to libc and some things like that. But, I could be wrong :) It could also be that it embeds the path to the build tools somehow. </ignorant-reply> Andy