Configuring the Go install command with the Go manager?

[poperigby]

I'm trying to create a package for qml-lsp. I would just use mason-core.managers.go.packages and pass in the Git repository, but just running go install from the repository root won't install qml-lsp, because the qml-lsp Go files are in cmd/qml-lsp. I need to run something like this instead:

go install --ldflags '-linkmode external -extldflags "-static"' ./cmd/qml-lsp/

Would it be possible to do this while still using the Go manager?

[williamboman]

Hey! What's they recommended method of installation? I couldn't find anything myself after taking a quick look 😕.

The Go manager is built around the usual go install use case (it does take a few extra options tied to go install, but none of the ones you listed). I'd probably just spawn go directly in a custom install function, like so:

---@async
---@param ctx InstallContext
install = function (ctx)
    ctx.go { "install", "--ldflags", [['-linkmode external -extldflags "-static"]], "./cmd/qml-lsp" }
end)

With that said, I'd really prefer if there was a more streamlined (and more importantly recommended by authors) way to install it.

[poperigby]

Yeah, it's a strange program. There's pretty much no documentation.