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You are viewing a fork right now that adds support for older Windows Versions. Currently this is Windows XP (NT 5.1) and Windows 7 (NT 6.1). The code is in the desired branches you can check out.
release-branch.go1.19-nt51Go 1.19 for Windows XP (32/64) - overwhelmingly functionalrelease-branch.go1.20-nt51Go 1.20 for Windows XP (32/64) - overwhelmingly functionalrelease-branch.go1.21-nt51Go 1.21 for Windows XP (32/64) - it keeps getting harder, but it still works
release-branch.go1.21-nt61Go 1.21 for Windows 7 (the first one officially unsupported)
I will update a branch on request, please open an issue about it on Github if you need an updated toolchain.
Adapt the parameters as you need them, for example amd64->386.
git clone --branch release-branch.go1.19-nt51 --single-branch https://github.com/BieHDC/go-backports
cd go-backports/src/
GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 ./bootstrap.bash
cd ..
cd ..
-> copy go-windows-amd64-bootstrap.tbz to the destination os
-> zip up the "go-backports" folder and copy it also to the destination os
-> unzip them to C:\
-> run these commands (and adapt the paths if you changed them)
set GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=C:\go-windows-amd64-bootstrap
set GOROOT=C:\go
set CGO_ENABLED=0
cd C:\go\src
.\all.bat (or make.bat if you dont want tests)
-> when all goes right, you just need to follow "Install From Source" below and its done.
NOTES: Yes you need both and yes they need to be different folders, you cant bootstrap into bootstrap!
Run set "PATH=%PATH%;c:\go\bin in cmd.exe exactly like that and you have go available after bootstrapping.
You can make that permanent with setx or use the gui.
See CONTRIBUTING.md