Clean up @bazel_tools
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This target globs all bzl files under @bazel_tools//tools under a single filegroup. Progress toward #8859 Should fix bazelbuild/skydoc#185 when we introduce a bzl_library target in bazel_skylib to point to this new target. RELNOTES: None. PiperOrigin-RevId: 266219278
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Description of the problem / feature request:
This is an umbrella issue to track efforts to clean up
@bazel_tools. We should remove unnecessary source code from this repo, and make it work forbazel query @bazel_tools//....Details
This repo is built into Bazel. It's always available in every workspace. It's a place for commonly used tools like
tools/test/test-setup.sh, which is the test wrapper used for everybazel testaction.But there is also source code in this repo, each file for their own reason. E.g. the runfiles libraries
@bazel_tools//tools/<lang>/runfilesare included as source so they can be compiled into binaries.Some source code's purpose in
@bazel_toolsis less obvious. Sometimes they cause problems, like #8614 whose culprit is #8742 (comment).What's the output of
bazel info release?release 0.28.0The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: