bazel-contrib / bazel-contrib/rules_python
Windows: `pywin32` doesn't work with the hermetic Python toolchain
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Description
# 🐞 bug report
### Affected Rule
rules_python
### Is this a regression?
Probably not.
### Description
I'm trying to do `import win32api` on Windows, but got
```
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'win32api'
```
even if I specify `pywin32==303` in the requirements.txt file.
## 🔬 Minimal Reproduction
Fetch the reproducible case at https://github.com/meteorcloudy/my_tests/tree/master/pywin32_test
then run
```
bazel run //:bin
```
## 🔥 Exception or Error
$ bazel run //:bin
INFO: Invocation ID: 3c7000e6-65e3-4816-a2b5-551faa933a03
INFO: Reading 'startup' options from c:\users\pcloudy\.bazelrc: --output_user_root=C:/src/tmp
INFO: Options provided by the client:
Inherited 'common' options: --isatty=1 --terminal_columns=375
INFO: Options provided by the client:
Inherited 'build' options: --python_path=C:/python3/python.exe
INFO: Reading rc options for 'run' from c:\users\pcloudy\.bazelrc:
Inherited 'build' options: --curses=yes --color=yes --verbose_failures --announce_rc --disk_cache=C:/src/tmp/bazel_disk_cache
INFO: Analyzed target //:bin (40 packages loaded, 3463 targets configured).
INFO: Found 1 target...
Target //:bin up-to-date:
bazel-bin/bin.exe
bazel-bin/bin.zip
INFO: Elapsed time: 15.868s, Critical Path: 7.96s
INFO: 6 processes: 5 internal, 1 local.
INFO: Build completed successfully, 6 total actions
INFO: Running command line: bazel-bin/bin.exe
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\temp\2\Bazel.runfiles_s_pq9z9_\runfiles\__main__\bin.py", line 1, in
import win32api
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'win32api'
## 🌍 Your Environment
**Operating System:**
Windows
**Output of `bazel version`:**
6.3.1
**Rules_python version:**
0.24.0
**Anything else relevant?**
If I do `import win32.win32api`, I get
```
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing win32api: The specified module could not be found.
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the linked pywin32_test reproduction, its requirements.txt, and the bazel run //:bin entry point; inspect how rules_python's hermetic toolchain handles pywin32 on Windows. Reproduce the missing win32api import and the DLL-load error, then verify that the sample runs successfully with pywin32==303.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100