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+// Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Go 1.20 and later requires Go 1.17 as the bootstrap toolchain.
+// If cmd/dist is built using an earlier Go version, this file will be
+// included in the build and cause an error like:
+//
+// % GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP=$HOME/sdk/go1.16 ./make.bash
+// Building Go cmd/dist using /Users/rsc/sdk/go1.16. (go1.16 darwin/amd64)
+// found packages main (build.go) and building_Go_requires_Go_1_17_or_later (notgo117.go) in /Users/rsc/go/src/cmd/dist
+// %
+//
+// which is the best we can do under the circumstances.
+//
+// See go.dev/issue/44505 for more background on
+// why Go moved on from Go 1.4 for bootstrap.
+
+//go:build !go1.17
+// +build !go1.17
+
+package building_Go_requires_Go_1_17_or_later