Subject: bug#50493: [PATCH 2/4] build-system/go: Initialize build cache from input packages.

From: Sarah Morgensen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 22:20:49 -0700

* guix/build/go-build-system.com (setup-go-environment): Set GOCACHE to
a location within the build directory.  Union "/var/cache/go/build"
input directories to initialize the cache.  Generate "trim.txt" within
the cache, with the current time.
---
 guix/build/go-build-system.scm | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/guix/build/go-build-system.scm b/guix/build/go-build-system.scm
index 645d2fe680..9f249b0777 100644
--- a/guix/build/go-build-system.scm
+++ b/guix/build/go-build-system.scm
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Jack Hill <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Jakub Kądziołka <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020, 2021 Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
+;;; Copyright © 2021 Sarah Morgensen <[email-masked]>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -138,9 +139,28 @@ (define* (setup-go-environment #:key inputs outputs goos goarch #:allow-other-ke
 where executables (\"commands\") are installed to.  This phase is sometimes used
 by packages that use (guix build-system gnu) but have a handful of Go
 dependencies, so it should be self-contained."
-  ;; The Go cache is required starting in Go 1.12.  We don't actually use it but
-  ;; we need it to be a writable directory.
-  (setenv "GOCACHE" "/tmp/go-cache")
+  (define (search-input-directories dir)
+    (filter directory-exists?
+            (map (match-lambda
+                   ((name . directory)
+                    (string-append directory "/" dir)))
+                 inputs)))
+
+  ;; Seed the Go build cache with the build caches from input packages.
+  (let ((cache (string-append (getcwd) "/go-build")))
+    (setenv "GOCACHE" cache)
+    (union-build cache
+                 (search-input-directories "/var/cache/go/build")
+                 ;; Creating all directories isn't that bad, because there are
+                 ;; only ever 256 of them.
+                 #:create-all-directories? #t
+                 #:log-port (%make-void-port "w"))
+
+    ;; Tell Go that the cache was recently trimmed, so it doesn't try to.
+    (call-with-output-file (string-append cache "/trim.txt")
+      (lambda (port)
+        (format port "~a" (current-time)))))
+
   ;; Using the current working directory as GOPATH makes it easier for packagers
   ;; who need to manipulate the unpacked source code.
   (setenv "GOPATH" (getcwd))
-- 
2.33.0