Merge pull request #9214 from guggero/release-go-version-check

makefile+scripts: add Go version check to release command

Makefile

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ release-install:
 release: clean-mobile
 	@$(call print, "Releasing lnd and lncli binaries.")
 	$(VERSION_CHECK)
-	./scripts/release.sh build-release "$(VERSION_TAG)" "$(BUILD_SYSTEM)" "$(RELEASE_TAGS)" "$(RELEASE_LDFLAGS)"
+	./scripts/release.sh build-release "$(VERSION_TAG)" "$(BUILD_SYSTEM)" "$(RELEASE_TAGS)" "$(RELEASE_LDFLAGS)" "$(GO_VERSION)"
 
 #? docker-release: Same as release but within a docker container to support reproducible builds on BSD/MacOS platforms
 docker-release:

scripts/release.sh

@@ -129,11 +129,23 @@ function check_tag_correct() {
 
 # build_release builds the actual release binaries.
 #   arguments: <version-tag> <build-system(s)> <build-tags> <ldflags>
+#              <go-version>
 function build_release() {
   local tag=$1
   local sys=$2
   local buildtags=$3
   local ldflags=$4
+  local goversion=$5
+
+  # Check if the active Go version matches the specified Go version.
+  active_go_version=$(go version | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/go//')
+  if [ "$active_go_version" != "$goversion" ]; then
+    echo "Error: active Go version ($active_go_version) does not match \
+required Go version ($goversion)."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  echo "Building release for tag $tag with Go version $goversion"
 
   green " - Packaging vendor"
   go mod vendor
@@ -202,7 +214,7 @@ function build_release() {
 function usage() {
   red "Usage: "
   red "release.sh check-tag <version-tag>"
-  red "release.sh build-release <version-tag> <build-system(s)> <build-tags> <ldflags>"
+  red "release.sh build-release <version-tag> <build-system(s)> <build-tags> <ldflags> <go-version>"
 }
 
 # Whatever sub command is passed in, we need at least 2 arguments.