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Tweak building-go to build in /sys/lib/go instead of /tmp
Move old ramfs instructions to a footer, and note the issue with larger version jumps

--- a/building-go.md

+++ b/building-go.md

@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@

 Building Go from source

 ===

-If you don't already have some version of Go installed it's best to

-grab a bootstrap tarball built by 9legacy folks:

+First we'll need a suitable location for our 'GOROOT', the standard convention is

+to place it in '/sys/lib/go/$objtype-$version'.

-	cd /tmp

-	hget http://www.9legacy.org/download/go/go1.14.1-plan9-amd64-bootstrap.tbz | bunzip2 -c | tar x

-

-Next, grab the source for the version of Go you want to build:

-

+	mkdir -p /sys/lib/go

+	cd /sys/lib/go

 	hget https://golang.org/dl/go1.15.2.src.tar.gz | gunzip -c | tar x

+	mv go amd64-1.15.2

-With the bootstrap and source ready to build we'll need to create a `GOROOT`.

-The usual location, and the one we'll use here, is `/sys/lib/go/$arch-$version`.

-Create the directory and bind the downloaded Go source directory over it,

-then change into the `src/` directory under the real `GOROOT` so that the

-correct path is picked up during the build:

+If you don't already have some version of Go installed it's best to

+grab a bootstrap tarball built by the 9legacy folks:

-	mkdir -p /sys/lib/go/amd64-1.15.2

-	bind -c go /sys/lib/go/amd64-1.15.2

-	cd /sys/lib/go/amd64-1.15.2/src

+	hget http://www.9legacy.org/download/go/go1.14.1-plan9-amd64-bootstrap.tbz | bunzip2 -c | tar x

-Finally, we can start the build, making sure to set the `GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP`

-environment variable to the path where the bootstrap package is extracted:

+If you have an existing install you can use that instead of the 9legacy bootstraps.

+There may be some hiccups when there are large version distances between a

+bootstrap and desired build version. It is best to use to the latest bootstrap when possible and

+some intermediate builds may be required depending on the age of the bootstrap.

-	GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=/tmp/go-plan9-amd64-bootstrap

+Next we'll need to configure both 'GOROOT' and 'GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP'

+

+	GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=/sys/lib/go/go-plan9-amd64-bootstrap

+	GOROOT=/sys/lib/go/amd64-1.15.2

+	cd amd64-1.15.2/src

 	make.rc

 This will build the binaries under `$GOROOT/bin`. You can install these with:

@@ -34,3 +33,23 @@

 or bind them with `/bin` in your profile:

 	bind -b $GOROOT/bin /bin

+

+If you have the memory available on your system it may be faster to build using a ramfs in '/tmp'.

+Setting 'GOROOT_FINAL' to the desired final location of 'GOROOT' will help in building.

+

+	mkdir -p /sys/lib/go/

+	ramfs

+	cd /tmp

+	hget https://golang.org/dl/go1.15.2.src.tar.gz | gunzip -c | tar x

+	hget http://www.9legacy.org/download/go/go1.14.1-plan9-amd64-bootstrap.tbz | bunzip2 -c | tar x

+	mv go amd64-1.15.2

+	GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=/tmp/go-plan9-amd64-bootstrap

+	GOROOT_FINAL=/sys/lib/go/amd64-1.15.2

+	cd amd64-1.15.2/src

+	make.rc

+	dircp /tmp/amd64-1.15.2 /sys/lib/go/

+

+You can verify that GOROOT has been set properly using:

+

+	$GOROOT_FINAL/bin/go env

+