Re: [PATCH for-4.14] tools: check go compiler version if present

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Nick Rosbrook writes ("Re: [PATCH for-4.14] tools: check go compiler version if 
present"):
> > Ideally at some point maybe we would make this clearer but not now.
> 
> Okay, sounds good.
> 
> > Have you tested the situations you describe ?  That might be a better
> > way of checking that it's right than the code inspection which is
> > obviously failing for me now...
> 
> Yes, I have tested the following situations:
> 
>   (1) ./configure without go installed => go is not enabled
>   (2) ./configure with go version < 1.11.1 => go is not enabled
>   (3) ./configure with go version > 1.11.1 => go is enabled
>   (4) ./configure --enable-golang without go installed => error
>   (5) ./configure --enable-golang with go < 1.11.1 => error
>   (6) ./configure --disable-golang in any case => go is not enabled

Thorough!

Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Paul, this should go into 4.14.  Can I have a release ack plase ?

Thanks,
Ian.