bazel-contrib / bazel-contrib/rules_python
`py_binary` does not have runfiles created if called transitively through `sh_binary`
- Dominant language
- Starlark
- Stars
- 688
- Forks
- 721
- Avg merge
- 14h 49m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 81
Description
# 🐞 bug report
### Affected Rule
This issue discusses the behavior of a `py_binary` target.
### Is this a regression?
Haven't done a thorough search of past versions yet, but this _does work correctly_ in bazel `6.4.0` and we are now seeing issues in bazel `7.5.0`. During the switch, both systems were running `rules_python` version `0.37.0`.
### Description
When a `py_binary` is invoked, the backend will create the necessary `.runfiles` directory that includes the relevant dependencies for running the target. There are cases in our system where it useful to wrap the calling of this `py_binary` behind a `sh_binary` as a data dependency. One such example is to make use of console scripts like `flake8` in the repository as if they were installed in a virtual environment. If one uses the `py_console_script_binary` target directly, all supplied paths to lint must be absolute since the current working directory is modified by bazel when running the target. By changing the working directory, we can get the benefit of having hermetic tooling as a drop-in replacement for something normally provided in a virtual environment.
## 🔬 Minimal Reproduction
Attached a zip of a repro. Instructions to reproduce the behavior are in the README.
## 🔥 Exception or Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/nathanael/.cache/bazel/_bazel_nathanael/e616dc8a3f01de94997c692cfb80f031/execroot/_main/bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/src/hello_world", line 580, in
Main()
File "/home/nathanael/.cache/bazel/_bazel_nathanael/e616dc8a3f01de94997c692cfb80f031/execroot/_main/bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/src/hello_world", line 471, in Main
module_space = FindModuleSpace(main_rel_path)
File "/home/nathanael/.cache/bazel/_bazel_nathanael/e616dc8a3f01de94997c692cfb80f031/execroot/_main/bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/src/hello_world", line 181, in FindModuleSpace
raise AssertionError('Cannot find .runfiles directory for %s' % sys.argv[0])
AssertionError: Cannot find .runfiles directory for /home/nathanael/.cache/bazel/_bazel_nathanael/e616dc8a3f01de94997c692cfb80f031/execroot/_main/bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/src/hello_world
## 🌍 Your Environment
**Operating System:**
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
(mono) ~/devel/rules_pyt
**Output of `bazel version`:**
bazel 7.5.0
**Rules_python version:**
0.37.0
[rules_python_runfiles_repro-main.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/19251090/rules_python_runfiles_repro-main.zip)
**Anything else relevant?**
Thanks for making `rules_python` 😃 We're doing a lot of cool things with it!
Contributor guide
Assessment
This issue has not been assessed yet.