error obtaining VCS status: exit status 128 / Use -buildvcs=false to disable VCS stamping.

[non7top]

Go version

go1.20.14

Output of go env in your module/workspace:

n/a

What did you do?

I'm trying to build latest go using source tarballs
go1.4-bootstrap-20171003 OK
go1.19.5 OK
go1.20.14 FAIL

The commands I run
export GOFLAGS="$GOFLAGS -buildvcs=false"
GOFLAGS="-buildvcs=false" GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=/home/local/go1.19.5 ./make.bash

I'm using this documentation
https://go.dev/doc/install/source

I'm using this source
https://go.dev/dl/go1.20.14.src.tar.gz

What did you see happen?

+(./make.bash:222): ./cmd/dist/dist bootstrap -a
Building Go toolchain1 using /home/local/go1.19.5.
error obtaining VCS status: exit status 128
        Use -buildvcs=false to disable VCS stamping.
error obtaining VCS status: exit status 128
        Use -buildvcs=false to disable VCS stamping.
error obtaining VCS status: exit status 128
        Use -buildvcs=false to disable VCS stamping.
error obtaining VCS status: exit status 128
        Use -buildvcs=false to disable VCS stamping.
go tool dist: FAILED: /home/local/go1.19.5/bin/go install -tags=math_big_pure_go compiler_bootstrap purego bootstrap/cmd/...: exit status 1

What did you expect to see?

No error
If error, I would expect some helpful error message. Use -buildvcs=false to disable VCS stamping. does not help to resolve the issue. I was not able to find docs about how to use buildvcs to build go from source.

[gabyhelp]

Related Issues and Documentation

• cmd/dist: no way to disable buildvcs stamping during bootstrap #54852 (closed)
• cmd/dist: set buildvcs=false when building go-bootstrap #61621
• cmd/dist: fails with buildvcs=false errors if invalid .git exists in parent of GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP #61620
• cmd/go/internal/load: better error message for "error obtaining VCS status" #64275 (closed)
• cmd/go/internal/vcs: unnecessary git tree object required #65339 (closed)
• cmd/go: `go build` fails to read vcs info when .git is owned by a different user #53532
• cmd/go: log.showSignature=true in .gitconfig breaks VCS stamping #50789 (closed)
• cmd/go: git revision information stamping on CentOS 7 fails with Go 1.18rc1: error obtaining VCS status: exit status 128 #51253 (closed)
• affected/package: vcs: 1.18 requires a new minimum git version #51467 (closed)
• cmd/go: `go build` fails to read vcs info from isolated git submodule #53640 (closed)

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[seankhliao]

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