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golang-googlecode-gotools
-Provides a couple of tools for working with the Go programming language. Like
-godoc, a code vetting analysis utility and others.
+Provides a couple of tools for working with the Go programming
+language. Like godoc, a code vetting analysis utility and others.
-This also provides the import path of code.google.com/p/go.tools for the Go
-programming language. These libraries are source only.
-To compile using the libraries, include "/usr/share/gocode" in your GOPATH
+This also provides the import path of code.google.com/p/go.tools for
+the Go programming language. These libraries are source only. To
+compile using the libraries, include "/usr/share/gocode" in your GOPATH
+
+This package currently builds a historic version of tools from when
+they were removed from the core golang repo.
+
+Users may wish to install updated commands, like:
+```
+go get -u golang.org/x/tools/godoc
+```
+
+or in future golang versions (>= go1.17):
+```
+go install golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest
+```