Go 1.5+ : Error - imports runtime: C source files not allowed when not using cgo or SWIG

Question

My program was building perfectly with go 1.4.2. After installing go 1.5, I am getting following error.

imports runtime: C source files not allowed when n

Answer 1

I experienced this issue within my editor (sublime text 2). I call go build upon saving, it would appear my editor was pointing to go 1.4.x rather than the newly installed 1.5.

• I solved this by simply quitting and reopening my editor.