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From:
Brad Smith <brad@comstyle.com>
Subject:
Go - getexecpath() support
To:
ports@openbsd.org
Cc:
Joel Sing <jsing@openbsd.org>
Date:
Sun, 4 Oct 2026 05:45:42 -0400

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Here is a diff for Go to make use of getexecpath()
for os.Executable().

Tested on aarch64 and amd64.


Index: Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ports/lang/go/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.184
diff -u -p -u -p -r1.184 Makefile
--- Makefile	16 Sep 2026 16:16:51 -0000	1.184
+++ Makefile	4 Oct 2026 09:37:19 -0000
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ COMMENT =		Go programming language
 VERSION =		1.27.1
 DISTNAME =		go${VERSION}.src
 PKGNAME =		go-${VERSION}
+REVISION =		0
 PKGSPEC =		${FULLPKGNAME:S/go-/go-=/}
 
 CATEGORIES =		lang
Index: patches/patch-src_internal_syscall_unix_asm_openbsd_s
===================================================================
RCS file: patches/patch-src_internal_syscall_unix_asm_openbsd_s
diff -N patches/patch-src_internal_syscall_unix_asm_openbsd_s
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ patches/patch-src_internal_syscall_unix_asm_openbsd_s	4 Oct 2026 09:37:19 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+- Use getexecpath() for os.Executable()
+
+Index: src/internal/syscall/unix/asm_openbsd.s
+--- src/internal/syscall/unix/asm_openbsd.s.orig
++++ src/internal/syscall/unix/asm_openbsd.s
+@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ TEXT ·libc_linkat_trampoline(SB),NOSPLI
+         JMP	libc_linkat(SB)
+ TEXT ·libc_symlinkat_trampoline(SB),NOSPLIT,$0-0
+         JMP	libc_symlinkat(SB)
++TEXT ·libc_getexecpath_trampoline(SB),NOSPLIT,$0-0
++        JMP	libc_getexecpath(SB)
Index: patches/patch-src_internal_syscall_unix_getexecpath_openbsd_go
===================================================================
RCS file: patches/patch-src_internal_syscall_unix_getexecpath_openbsd_go
diff -N patches/patch-src_internal_syscall_unix_getexecpath_openbsd_go
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ patches/patch-src_internal_syscall_unix_getexecpath_openbsd_go	4 Oct 2026 09:37:19 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+- Use getexecpath() for os.Executable()
+
+Index: src/internal/syscall/unix/getexecpath_openbsd.go
+--- src/internal/syscall/unix/getexecpath_openbsd.go.orig
++++ src/internal/syscall/unix/getexecpath_openbsd.go
+@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
++// Copyright 2026 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
++// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
++// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
++
++package unix
++
++import (
++	"internal/abi"
++	"unsafe"
++)
++
++//go:cgo_import_dynamic libc_getexecpath getexecpath "libc.so"
++
++func libc_getexecpath_trampoline()
++
++// Getexecpath copies the absolute, canonicalized pathname of the
++// running executable into buf as a NUL-terminated string.
++func Getexecpath(buf []byte) error {
++	_, _, errno := syscall_syscall(abi.FuncPCABI0(libc_getexecpath_trampoline),
++		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(unsafe.SliceData(buf))), uintptr(len(buf)), 0)
++	if errno != 0 {
++		return errno
++	}
++	return nil
++}
Index: patches/patch-src_os_executable_openbsd_go
===================================================================
RCS file: patches/patch-src_os_executable_openbsd_go
diff -N patches/patch-src_os_executable_openbsd_go
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ patches/patch-src_os_executable_openbsd_go	4 Oct 2026 09:37:19 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+- Use getexecpath() for os.Executable()
+
+Index: src/os/executable_openbsd.go
+--- src/os/executable_openbsd.go.orig
++++ src/os/executable_openbsd.go
+@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
++// Copyright 2026 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
++// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
++// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
++
++package os
++
++import (
++	"internal/bytealg"
++	"internal/syscall/unix"
++)
++
++func executable() (string, error) {
++	var buf [1024]byte // PATH_MAX; the kernel caps the path at this length
++	if err := unix.Getexecpath(buf[:]); err != nil {
++		return "", NewSyscallError("getexecpath", err)
++	}
++	return string(buf[:bytealg.IndexByte(buf[:], 0)]), nil
++}
Index: patches/patch-src_os_executable_path_go
===================================================================
RCS file: patches/patch-src_os_executable_path_go
diff -N patches/patch-src_os_executable_path_go
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ patches/patch-src_os_executable_path_go	4 Oct 2026 09:37:19 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+- Use getexecpath() for os.Executable()
+
+Index: src/os/executable_path.go
+--- src/os/executable_path.go.orig
++++ src/os/executable_path.go
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
+ // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+ // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+ 
+-//go:build aix || openbsd
++//go:build aix
+ 
+ package os
+ 
Index: patches/patch-src_os_executable_test_go
===================================================================
RCS file: patches/patch-src_os_executable_test_go
diff -N patches/patch-src_os_executable_test_go
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ patches/patch-src_os_executable_test_go	4 Oct 2026 09:37:19 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+- Use getexecpath() for os.Executable()
+
+Index: src/os/executable_test.go
+--- src/os/executable_test.go.orig
++++ src/os/executable_test.go
+@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ func TestExecutable(t *testing.T) {
+ 	// make child start with a relative program path
+ 	cmd.Dir = dir
+ 	cmd.Path = fn
+-	if runtime.GOOS == "openbsd" || runtime.GOOS == "aix" {
+-		// OpenBSD and AIX rely on argv[0]
++	if runtime.GOOS == "aix" {
++		// AIX relies on argv[0]
+ 	} else {
+ 		// forge argv[0] for child, so that we can verify we could correctly
+ 		// get real path of the executable without influenced by argv[0].
+@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestExecutableDeleted(t *testing.T)
+ 	switch runtime.GOOS {
+ 	case "windows", "plan9":
+ 		t.Skipf("%v does not support deleting running binary", runtime.GOOS)
+-	case "openbsd", "freebsd", "aix":
++	case "freebsd", "aix":
+ 		t.Skipf("%v does not support reading deleted binary name", runtime.GOOS)
+ 	}
+ 	t.Parallel()
Index: pkg/PLIST
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/ports/lang/go/pkg/PLIST,v
retrieving revision 1.100
diff -u -p -u -p -r1.100 PLIST
--- pkg/PLIST	16 Sep 2026 16:16:51 -0000	1.100
+++ pkg/PLIST	4 Oct 2026 09:37:20 -0000
@@ -9188,6 +9188,7 @@ go/src/internal/syscall/unix/fchmodat_te
 go/src/internal/syscall/unix/fcntl_js.go
 go/src/internal/syscall/unix/fcntl_unix.go
 go/src/internal/syscall/unix/fcntl_wasip1.go
+go/src/internal/syscall/unix/getexecpath_openbsd.go
 go/src/internal/syscall/unix/getrandom.go
 go/src/internal/syscall/unix/getrandom_dragonfly.go
 go/src/internal/syscall/unix/getrandom_freebsd.go
@@ -10843,6 +10844,7 @@ go/src/os/executable_darwin.go
 go/src/os/executable_dragonfly.go
 go/src/os/executable_freebsd.go
 go/src/os/executable_netbsd.go
+go/src/os/executable_openbsd.go
 go/src/os/executable_path.go
 go/src/os/executable_plan9.go
 go/src/os/executable_procfs.go