Go 1.17.2 fixes some miscompilation issues on amd64 and a runtime issue with timers.
While the upgrade is not strictly necessary for go-ethereum right now, it is still good
to be up-to-date.
The new linter version is built with go 1.17 and thus includes the go vet
check for mismatched +build and go:build lines.
Fortunately, no new warnings are reported with this update.
This new flag downloads a known version of Go and builds with it. This
is meant for environments where we can't easily upgrade the installed Go
version.
* .travis.yml: remove install step for PR test builders
We added this step originally to avoid re-building everything
for every test. go test has become much smarter in recent go
releases, so we no longer need to install anything here.
* build: use golangci-lint
This changes build/ci.go to download and run golangci-lint instead
of gometalinter.
* core/state: fix unnecessary conversion
* p2p/simulations: fix lock copying (found by go vet)
* signer/core: fix unnecessary conversions
* crypto/ecies: remove unused function cmpPublic
* core/rawdb: remove unused function print
* core/state: remove unused function xTestFuzzCutter
* core/vm: disable TestWriteExpectedValues in a different way
* core/forkid: remove unused function checksum
* les: remove unused type proofsData
* cmd/utils: remove unused functions prefixedNames, prefixFor
* crypto/bn256: run goimports
* p2p/nat: fix goimports lint issue
* cmd/clef: avoid using unkeyed struct fields
* les: cancel context in testRequest
* rlp: delete unreachable code
* core: gofmt
* internal/build: simplify DownloadFile for Go 1.11 compatibility
* build: remove go test --short flag
* .travis.yml: disable build cache
* whisper/whisperv6: fix ineffectual assignment in TestWhisperIdentityManagement
* .golangci.yml: enable goconst and ineffassign linters
* build: print message when there are no lint issues
* internal/build: refactor download a bit
Martin Holst Swende
Péter Szilágyi
Felix Lange
Marius Kjærstad
Guillaume Ballet