2.2.7: runfiles.bash initializer cannot find

ERROR: runfiles.bash initializer cannot find bazel_tools/tools/bash/runfiles/runfiles.bash. An executable rule may have forgotten to expose it in the runfiles, or the binary may require RUNFILES_DIR to be set.

bazel 8.1.0

Start by reproducing the failure with Bazel 8.1.0 and inspect how the executable rule exposes bazel_tools/tools/bash/runfiles/runfiles.bash. Check whether RUNFILES_DIR is set in the failing context; done means the initializer can locate runfiles.bash without the reported error.

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