diff --git a/srcpkgs/go1.4-bootstrap/template b/srcpkgs/go1.4-bootstrap/template
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+# Template file for 'go1.4-bootstrap'
+pkgname=go1.4-bootstrap
+version=20171003
+revision=1
+create_wrksrc=yes
+build_wrksrc="go"
+short_desc="Go 1.4 (bootstrap compiler)"
+maintainer="Michael Gehring <mg@ebfe.org>"
+license="3-clause-BSD"
+homepage="https://golang.org"
+distfiles="https://dl.google.com/go/go1.4-bootstrap-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=f4ff5b5eb3a3cae1c993723f3eab519c5bae18866b5e5f96fe1102f0cb5c3e52
+
+only_for_archs="x86_64 x86_64-musl i686"
+
+nostrip=yes
+noverifyrdeps=yes
+
+do_build() {
+	unset GCC CC CXX LD CFLAGS CXXFLAGS
+	# FIXME: work around leaking go build-style vars when built as a
+	# dependency
+	unset CGO_CXXFLAGS CGO_CFLAGS CGO_ENABLED
+
+	env > ENV.${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}
+	case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
+		aarch64*) _goarch=arm64 ;;
+		arm*) _goarch=arm ;;
+		i686*) _goarch=386 ;;
+		x86_64*) _goarch=amd64 ;;
+		*) _goarch=${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE} ;;
+	esac
+
+	export GOROOT="${PWD}"
+	export GOARCH="${_goarch}"
+	cd src
+	GOROOT_FINAL="/usr/lib/go1.4" ./make.bash
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	vmkdir usr/lib/go1.4
+	vcopy bin usr/lib/go1.4
+	vcopy src usr/lib/go1.4
+	vcopy pkg usr/lib/go1.4
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/go1.4-bootstrap/update b/srcpkgs/go1.4-bootstrap/update
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+site="https://golang.org/doc/install/source"