misc, docs: Move to golang 1.17

There are a few small source fixes and other tidbits to move past 1.16,
but we can do those later.

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ jobs:
           # macos tests are currently failing in CI
           #- macos-latest
         golang_version:
-          # TODO: add 1.17.x and tip
+          # TODO: add 1.18.x and tip
           # minimum required and latest published go_version
-          - 1.16
+          - 1.17
         test_block:
           - basic
           - shell

.travis.yml

@@ -24,21 +24,21 @@ install: 'make deps'
 matrix:
   fast_finish: false
   allow_failures:
-  - go: 1.17.x
+  - go: 1.18.x
   - go: tip
   - os: osx
   # include only one build for osx for a quicker build as the nr. of these runners are sparse
   include:
   - name: "basic tests"
-    go: 1.16.x
+    go: 1.17.x
     env: TEST_BLOCK=basic
   - name: "shell tests"
-    go: 1.16.x
+    go: 1.17.x
     env: TEST_BLOCK=shell
   - name: "race tests"
-    go: 1.16.x
+    go: 1.17.x
     env: TEST_BLOCK=race
-  - go: 1.17.x
+  - go: 1.18.x
   - go: tip
   - os: osx
 script: 'TEST_BLOCK="$TEST_BLOCK" make test'

docker/Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.16
+FROM golang:1.17
 
 MAINTAINER Michał Czeraszkiewicz <contact@czerasz.com>
 

docker/Dockerfile.build

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ENV PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby22/root/usr/bin:/root/gopath/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby22/root/usr/lib64${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}
 ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/rh/rh-ruby22/root/usr/lib64/pkgconfig${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}}
 
-RUN yum -y install epel-release wget unzip git make which centos-release-scl gcc && sed -i "s/enabled=0/enabled=1/" /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-testing.repo && yum -y install rh-ruby22 && wget -O /opt/go1.16.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.16.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz && tar -C /usr/local -xzf /opt/go1.16.8.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+RUN yum -y install epel-release wget unzip git make which centos-release-scl gcc && sed -i "s/enabled=0/enabled=1/" /etc/yum.repos.d/epel-testing.repo && yum -y install rh-ruby22 && wget -O /opt/go1.17.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.17.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz && tar -C /usr/local -xzf /opt/go1.17.13.linux-amd64.tar.gz
 RUN mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/purpleidea && cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/purpleidea && git clone --recursive https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt
 RUN go get -u gopkg.in/alecthomas/gometalinter.v1 && cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/purpleidea/mgmt && make deps && make build
 CMD ["/bin/bash"]

docker/Dockerfile.development

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.16
+FROM golang:1.17
 
 MAINTAINER Michał Czeraszkiewicz <contact@czerasz.com>
 

docs/development.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ required for running the _test_ suite.
 
 ### Build
 
-* `golang` 1.16 or higher (required, available in some distros and distributed
+* `golang` 1.17 or higher (required, available in some distros and distributed
 as a binary officially by [golang.org](https://golang.org/dl/))
 
 ### Runtime

docs/quick-start-guide.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ You'll need some dependencies, including `golang`, and some associated tools.
 
 #### Installing golang
 
-* You need golang version 1.16 or greater installed.
+* You need golang version 1.17 or greater installed.
 	* To install on rpm style systems: `sudo dnf install golang`
 	* To install on apt style systems: `sudo apt install golang`
 	* To install on macOS systems install [Homebrew](https://brew.sh)

go.mod

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/purpleidea/mgmt
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.17
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go v0.54.0 // indirect