apache / apache/buildstream-plugins

Create a bazel build element

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Description

[See original issue on GitLab](https://gitlab.com/BuildStream/buildstream/-/issues/529)
In GitLab by [[Gitlab user @edbaunton]](https://gitlab.com/edbaunton) on Jul 30, 2018, 16:20

## Background

Create an element that provides support for building with `bazel`.

Specifically, a bst would declare itself of kind `bazel` and BuildStream would take care of generating the `WORKSPACE` file by recursively scanning the dependencies of the element being built.

## Task description

* `bazel` would be executed inside the sandbox (not using a host tool)
* The workspace file would identify the built sources to consume with `new_local_repository` rules; if it encounters a dependency of type `bazel` it would stage the sources rather than the binaries and consume the `BUILD` file to leverage `bazel`.
* `bazel` would need access to a persistent disk cache (use `_set_mount_source`?) between BuildStream runs so as to take advantage of its built in caching. The `bazel` server will actually be torn down between runs but it is said to serialize its state between runs so the startup time will no be prohibitive.
* Toolchain generation: we need to generate correct toolchain for the target platform and have that be considered as part of the key for the element.

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Research direction

Start with the linked GitLab issue and its Background and Task description. Map the existing BuildStream element entry points before designing sandboxed Bazel execution, recursive dependency handling, WORKSPACE generation, persistent cache mounting, and target-platform toolchain generation; done means these requirements are supported together.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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