fix(pkg_install): resolve files against own repository#1016
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tl;dr: this change builds on bazelbuild#984 which introduced the `locate()` helper and the `runfiles` infrastructure. That PR fixed Windows compatibility by enabling runfiles-less operation; this change extends it to support cross-repository files. When a `pkg_install` rule in an external repository references files from another repository, the installer would fail at runtime by attempting to resolve all files relative to its repository rather than each file's own repository. Example failure (`extrepo`: external repository installing file from main repository): ``` bazel run @extrepo//:install -- --destdir=/tmp/test [...] FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '.../runfiles/+_repo_rules+extrepo/some-path/extrepo/file-in-main-repo' ``` The file should be resolved against the main repository (`_main`) but is incorrectly looked up from the installer's repository (`+_repo_rules+extrepo`). The solution proposed here consists in extending the manifest to track each file's own repository and use this information during installation to resolve files against the correct repository. It adds a `repository` field to manifest entries using: - `Label.repo_name` ([canonical](https://bazel.build/rules/lib/builtins/Label#repo_name)) when explicitly valued for the source file, - otherwise `ctx.workspace_name` when no [owner](https://bazel.build/rules/lib/builtins/File#owner) or `Label.repo_name` is [empty](https://rules-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/py/runfiles/runfiles.runfiles.html#runfiles.runfiles.Runfiles.CurrentRepository), denoting the main repository (`_main`, as before). Testing: - `//tests/install:install_test` includes new `CrossRepoInstallTest`, - `bazel run @extrepo//:install -- --destdir=/tmp/test` case works, - verified the above on Ubuntu Linux and Windows as well.
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### What does this PR do? Remove `copy_file` workaround for cross-repo file references from `nghttp2` build by updating `rules_pkg` to the latest main that includes our fix: - bazelbuild/rules_pkg#1016. ### Motivation The workaround was needed because `rules_pkg` was incorrectly calculating paths for cross-repo references. ### Describe how you validated your changes ``` bazel run @nghttp2//:install -- --destdir=/tmp/xxx ``` Output files are identical before and after changes.
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### What does this PR do? Remove `copy_file` workaround for cross-repo file references from `nghttp2` build by updating `rules_pkg` to the latest main that includes our fix: - bazelbuild/rules_pkg#1016. ### Motivation The workaround was needed because `rules_pkg` was incorrectly calculating paths for cross-repo references. ### Describe how you validated your changes ``` bazel run @nghttp2//:install -- --destdir=/tmp/xxx ``` Output files are identical before and after changes.
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### What does this PR do? Remove `copy_file` workaround for cross-repo file references from `nghttp2` build by updating `rules_pkg` to the latest main that includes our fix: - bazelbuild/rules_pkg#1016. ### Motivation The workaround was needed because `rules_pkg` was incorrectly calculating paths for cross-repo references. ### Describe how you validated your changes ``` bazel run @nghttp2//:install -- --destdir=/tmp/xxx ``` Output files are identical before and after changes.
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### What does this PR do? Remove `copy_file` workaround for cross-repo file references from `nghttp2` build by updating `rules_pkg` to the latest main that includes our fix: - bazelbuild/rules_pkg#1016. ### Motivation The workaround was needed because `rules_pkg` was incorrectly calculating paths for cross-repo references. ### Describe how you validated your changes ``` bazel run @nghttp2//:install -- --destdir=/tmp/xxx ``` Output files are identical before and after changes. Co-authored-by: regis.desgroppes <regis.desgroppes@datadoghq.com>
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tl;dr: this change builds on #984 which introduced the
locate()helper and therunfilesinfrastructure. That PR fixed Windows compatibility by enabling runfiles-less operation; this change extends it to support cross-repository files.When a
pkg_installrule in an external repository references files from another repository, the installer would fail at runtime by attempting to resolve all files relative to its repository rather than each file's own repository.Example failure (
extrepo: external repository installing file from main repository):The file should be resolved against the main repository (
_main) but is incorrectly looked up from the installer's repository (+_repo_rules+extrepo).The solution proposed here consists in extending the manifest to track each file's own repository and use this information during installation to resolve files against the correct repository.
It adds a
repositoryfield to manifest entries using:Label.repo_name(canonical) when explicitly valued for the source file,ctx.workspace_namewhen no owner orLabel.repo_nameis empty, denoting the main repository (the default, i.e._main, as before).Testing:
//tests/install:install_testincludes newCrossRepoInstallTest,bazel run @extrepo//:install -- --destdir=/tmp/testcase works,