cmd/go: remove the -buildinfo flag

Fixes #50501
(in a sense, by removing a flag that looks like it should do something
it does not)

Change-Id: I69ae4862706a6283cda4016fd43b361bb21557f9
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/378576
Trust: Bryan Mills <[email protected]>
Run-TryBot: Bryan Mills <[email protected]>
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Russ Cox <[email protected]>

Author: Bryan C. Mills

src/cmd/go/alldocs.go

@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ func TestLdFlagsLongArgumentsIssue42295(t *testing.T) {
 	for buf.Len() < sys.ExecArgLengthLimit+1 {
 		buf.WriteString(testStr)
 	}
-	tg.run("run", "-buildinfo=false", "-ldflags", fmt.Sprintf(`-X "main.extern=%s"`, buf.String()), tg.path("main.go"))
+	tg.run("run", "-ldflags", fmt.Sprintf(`-X "main.extern=%s"`, buf.String()), tg.path("main.go"))
 	if tg.stderr.String() != buf.String() {
 		t.Errorf("strings differ")
 	}

src/cmd/go/go_test.go

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 // These are general "build flags" used by build and other commands.
 var (
 	BuildA                 bool   // -a flag
-	BuildBuildinfo         bool   // -buildinfo flag
 	BuildBuildmode         string // -buildmode flag
 	BuildBuildvcs          bool   // -buildvcs flag
 	BuildContext           = defaultContext()

src/cmd/go/internal/cfg/cfg.go

@@ -2292,7 +2292,7 @@ func (p *Package) setBuildInfo() {
 	// Add command-line flags relevant to the build.
 	// This is informational, not an exhaustive list.
 	// Please keep the list sorted.
-	if cfg.BuildBuildinfo && !p.Standard {
+	if !p.Standard {
 		if cfg.BuildASan {
 			appendSetting("-asan", "true")
 		}

src/cmd/go/internal/load/pkg.go

@@ -88,19 +88,14 @@ and test commands:
 
 	-asmflags '[pattern=]arg list'
 		arguments to pass on each go tool asm invocation.
-	-buildinfo
-		Whether to stamp binaries with build flags. By default, the compiler name
-		(gc or gccgo), toolchain flags (like -gcflags), and environment variables
-		containing flags (like CGO_CFLAGS) are stamped into binaries. Use
-		-buildinfo=false to omit build information. See also -buildvcs.
 	-buildmode mode
 		build mode to use. See 'go help buildmode' for more.
 	-buildvcs
 		Whether to stamp binaries with version control information. By default,
 		version control information is stamped into a binary if the main package
 		and the main module containing it are in the repository containing the
 		current directory (if there is a repository). Use -buildvcs=false to
-		omit version control information. See also -buildinfo.
+		omit version control information.
 	-compiler name
 		name of compiler to use, as in runtime.Compiler (gccgo or gc).
 	-gccgoflags '[pattern=]arg list'
@@ -317,7 +312,6 @@ func AddBuildFlags(cmd *base.Command, mask BuildFlagMask) {
 	cmd.Flag.Var((*base.StringsFlag)(&cfg.BuildToolexec), "toolexec", "")
 	cmd.Flag.BoolVar(&cfg.BuildTrimpath, "trimpath", false, "")
 	cmd.Flag.BoolVar(&cfg.BuildWork, "work", false, "")
-	cmd.Flag.BoolVar(&cfg.BuildBuildinfo, "buildinfo", true, "")
 	cmd.Flag.BoolVar(&cfg.BuildBuildvcs, "buildvcs", true, "")
 
 	// Undocumented, unstable debugging flags.