doc/code.html: update description of install command

[toni-rmc]

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

go version go1.10 windows/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

1.10 is the latest at this moment

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

GOARCH=amd64
GOOS=windows

What did you do?

I have small test program with two small dummy libraries.

Go program in the src has path github.com/user/hello

package main

import (
    "fmt"

    // Libraries bellow are not automatically generated in pkg
    "github.com/user/stringutil"
    "github.com/user/tttt"
)

func main() {
    fmt.Printf(stringutil.Reverse("\nHello, world.\n"))
    fmt.Println(add(85,tttt.Tttt(9)))
}

add() function is in separate file, also in hello directory:

package main

func add(x int, y int) int {
    return x + y
}

When I don't have the above libraries compiled and just use go install hello program is installed and works but the pkg directory is not created and no stringutil.a and tttt.a.

If I want to have libraries generated I have to use go install on every library, in which case pkg is generated and libraries in it.

this is not behaviour according to this documentation:

Whenever the go tool installs a package or binary, it also installs whatever dependencies it has. So when you install the hello program
$ go install github.com/user/hello
the stringutil package will be installed as well, automatically.

Note that I have just installed the latest version (1.10) and just start using it as is writing only one dummy program and two dummy libraries one of which is copied from Go documentation.

What did you expect to see?

Dependencies installed automatically in the pkg

What did you see instead?

No pkg and no installed dependencies

[AlexRouSg]

The behavior has since been changed such that to install the dependencies you need to pass the -i flag.
https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Compile_and_install_packages_and_dependencies

The -i flag installs the dependencies of the named packages as well.

Do you have a link to where you got the documentation?

[toni-rmc]

Got it from here
https://tour.golang.org/concurrency/11

Link to the documentation is on this page in the

To learn how to organize and work with Go code, watch this screencast or read How to Write Go Code.

section.

"How to Write Go Code" part is the link to it.

Direct link to docs:
https://golang.org/doc/code.html

[toni-rmc]

With the -i flag works as it should.

[gopherbot]

Change https://golang.org/cl/105655 mentions this issue: doc/code.html: updates description of go install

[ijxy]

Fixed in +105655 @bcmills

[toni-rmc]

I'm still seeing install without -i switch in the web documentation linked above.

[AlexRouSg]

@toni-rmc

Fix has not been approved and merged yet

[gopherbot]

Change https://golang.org/cl/129679 mentions this issue: doc/code: drop mentions of GOPATH/pkg directory