- Improve go/gofmt alternative removal upon migration to an

alternative-less system.

gcc.changes

@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 27 14:12:22 UTC 2026 - Richard Biener <rguenther@suse.com>
+
+- Improve go/gofmt alternative removal upon migration to an
+  alternative-less system.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec  5 07:33:47 UTC 2025 - Richard Biener <rguenther@suse.com>
+
+- Remove go/gofmt alternatives.  [bsc#1245878]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May  7 11:27:11 UTC 2025 - Richard Biener <rguenther@suse.com>
 

gcc.spec

@@ -469,8 +469,8 @@ Conflicts:      gcc-go
 %endif
 Requires:       gcc%{gcc_version}-go
 Requires:       gcc%{gccsuffix} = %{version}
-Requires(post): update-alternatives
-Requires(postun): update-alternatives
+OrderWithRequires(pre): update-alternatives
+Suggests:       update-alternatives
 
 %description -n gcc%{gccsuffix}-go
 The system GNU Go Compiler.
@@ -660,10 +660,9 @@ for program in \
     ; do
   ln -sf $program-%{gcc_suffix} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/bin/$program
 done
-# For go and gofmt use alternatives since they are shared with golang
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives
-ln -sf %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/go %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/go
-ln -sf %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/gofmt %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/gofmt
+# Do not add a gofmt link from gofmt-%{gcc_suffix} since that conflicts with
+# the golang libalternatives version of this.  Do not use gccgofmt either,
+# that's nonstandard and not expected by anyone.
 # Link section 1 manpages
 for man1 in \
         gcc gcov gcov-dump gcov-tool lto-dump \
@@ -706,17 +705,10 @@ ln -sf gcc-%{gcc_suffix}.1.gz $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandir}/man1/cc.1.gz
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/bfd-plugins
 ln -s `gcc-%{gcc_suffix} -print-file-name=liblto_plugin.so` $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/bfd-plugins/liblto_plugin.so
 
-%post -n gcc%{gccsuffix}-go
-# we don't want a BuildRequires on gccN-go but otherwise the install
-# step of the build fails, so simply skip the script when gccN-go isn't there
-if [ -f %{_bindir}/go-%{gcc_suffix} ] ; then
-update-alternatives \
-  --install %{_bindir}/go go %{_bindir}/go-%{gcc_suffix} 100 \
-  --slave %{_bindir}/gofmt gofmt %{_bindir}/gofmt-%{gcc_suffix}
-fi
-
-%postun -n gcc%{gccsuffix}-go
-if [ $1 -eq 0 ] ; then
+# We no longer register go/gofmt alternatives for gcc-go, but remove
+# any existing one on upgrade if it still exists
+%pre -n gcc%{gccsuffix}-go
+if [ $1 -eq 2 ] && [ -f %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/go ] ; then
   update-alternatives --remove go %{_bindir}/go-%{gcc_suffix}
 fi
 
@@ -813,10 +805,6 @@ fi
 %files -n gcc%{gccsuffix}-go
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_bindir}/gccgo
-%{_bindir}/go
-%{_bindir}/gofmt
-%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/go
-%ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/gofmt
 %doc %{_mandir}/man1/gccgo.1.gz
 
 %if %{build_d}