title: To produce a pure statically linked binary, is it still necessary to compile with -tags netgo in Go 1.5+?
body: <p>I'm trying to create a pure statically linked binary to run in a minimal Docker container. Prior to Go 1.5, I was building them like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>go build -a -tags netgo -installsuffix netgo myfile.go
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I understand that C has been stripped out of the Go compiler in version 1.5. Is it still necessary to build with <code>-tags</code> and <code>-installsuffix</code>?</p>