macOS "failed to create installation symlink"
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Description
We see this flake occasionally on macOS:
```
FATAL: failed to create installation symlink '/private/var/tmp/_bazel_iosci/4988be46b65c576ca5906aacc315f576/install': (error: 2): No such file or directory
```
### Bugs: what's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.
It's unclear how to repro this since it's quite flaky, but we see it at least once per day in our CI infra.
### What operating system are you running Bazel on?
macOS
### What's the output of `bazel info release`?
3.4.1
### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
https://github.com/bazelbuild/continuous-integration/issues/197
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the reported macOS error and compare the linked continuous-integration issue, github.com/bazelbuild/continuous-integration/issues/197. Investigate the CI environment and conditions around creation of the installation symlink. Done means identifying a reproducible failure condition and documenting or fixing it so the CI flake no longer occurs.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100