People should essentially never set GOROOT. It's mostly a holdover. For example, Ian Lance Taylor on the core Go team wrote [0] somewhat recently: "It's a spec

People should essentially never set GOROOT. It's mostly a holdover. For example, Ian Lance Taylor on the core Go team wrote [0] somewhat recently: "It's a special purpose hook that is almost never needed". [0] https://groups.google.com/g/golang-nuts/c/qDhJbkE1QeY/m/JoV2bxWtBwAJ https://groups.google.com/g/golang-nuts/c/qDhJbkE1QeY/m/JoV2...