Pass tags to go build?

[dko1905]

I've searched the previous issues for "build tags" and couldn't find anything. I have a project with go-sqlite3, and I require the 'sqlite_math_functions' tag. I usually add --tags sqlite_math_functions to go build, how do I do so using buildGoApplication in my nix flake?

[peterldowns]

Have you tried the tags attribute? [The documentation does not mention this attribute, but you can see how they're passed if you look at builder.nix.

[peterldowns]

Confirmed, tags works as expected. Every string you include in the tags array will be passed to the go build command:

default = pkgs.buildGoApplication {
  checkPhase = false;
  pname = "demo";
  version = "0.0.1";
  src = ./.;
  modules = ./gomod2nix.toml;
  tags = [
    "sqlite_math_functions"
  ];
};

[dko1905]

Hi, thanks. Any reason it isn't in the documentation?

[peterldowns]

Unfortunately I don't know, I'm not a maintainer. My guess is it's an honest oversight and that you could probably submit a PR to fix it if you'd like.

[jtcarnes]

I know this is a year old issue, but I had the problem. Small PR to add the documentation you mentioned @peterldowns to help the next guy.