x/mobile/cmd/gomobile: does not pass `-a` flag to `go build` command

[jasikpark]

Go version

go version go1.25.1 darwin/arm64

Output of go env in your module/workspace:

AR='ar'
CC='cc'
CGO_CFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_CPPFLAGS=''
CGO_CXXFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_ENABLED='1'
CGO_FFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_LDFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CXX='c++'
GCCGO='gccgo'
GO111MODULE=''
GOARCH='arm64'
GOARM64='v8.0'
GOAUTH='netrc'
GOBIN=''
GOCACHE='/Users/calebjasik/Library/Caches/go-build'
GOCACHEPROG=''
GODEBUG=''
GOENV='/Users/calebjasik/Library/Application Support/go/env'
GOEXE=''
GOEXPERIMENT=''
GOFIPS140='off'
GOFLAGS=''
GOGCCFLAGS='-fPIC -arch arm64 -pthread -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -fmessage-length=0 -ffile-prefix-map=/var/folders/45/8yp231n55w98bz9cwc0vd7_m0000gn/T/go-build3506154484=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches -fno-common'
GOHOSTARCH='arm64'
GOHOSTOS='darwin'
GOINSECURE=''
GOMOD='/Users/calebjasik/Git/mobile/go.mod'
GOMODCACHE='/Users/calebjasik/go/pkg/mod'
GONOPROXY=''
GONOSUMDB=''
GOOS='darwin'
GOPATH='/Users/calebjasik/go'
GOPRIVATE=''
GOPROXY='https://proxy.golang.org,direct'
GOROOT='/opt/homebrew/Cellar/go/1.25.1/libexec'
GOSUMDB='sum.golang.org'
GOTELEMETRY='local'
GOTELEMETRYDIR='/Users/calebjasik/Library/Application Support/go/telemetry'
GOTMPDIR=''
GOTOOLCHAIN='auto'
GOTOOLDIR='/opt/homebrew/Cellar/go/1.25.1/libexec/pkg/tool/darwin_arm64'
GOVCS=''
GOVERSION='go1.25.1'
GOWORK=''
PKG_CONFIG='pkg-config'

What did you do?

Try passing -a to gomobile build to rebuild all deps

What did you see happen?

The build command ignored the flag

What did you expect to see?

All deps should have been rebuilt, regardless of whether they were stale.

[gabyhelp]

Related Issues

• x/mobile/cmd/gomobile: android build fails with 'linker' input unused #66048 (closed)

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[gopherbot]

Change https://go.dev/cl/724360 mentions this issue: cmd/gomobile: pass -a build flag to go build command