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@@ -6,3 +6,16 @@ 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 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
+```