query "@bazel_tools/..." fails
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Description
### Description of the bug:
`bazel query "@bazel_tools//tools/..."` works fine and lists a number of labels
However:
```
$ bazel query "@bazel_tools//..."
ERROR: error loading package under directory '': error loading package '@bazel_tools//src/main/protobuf': Unable to find package for @com_google_protobuf//:protobuf.bzl: The repository '@com_google_protobuf' could not be resolved: Repository '@com_google_protobuf' is not defined.\
```
### Which category does this issue belong to?
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### What's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.
set up any simple workspace and run `bazel query "@bazel_tools/..."`
### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
Debian GNU/Linux rodete
### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
release 6.3.2
### If `bazel info release` returns `development version` or `(@non-git)`, tell us how you built Bazel.
_No response_
### What's the output of `git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse master; git rev-parse HEAD` ?
_No response_
### Is this a regression? If yes, please try to identify the Bazel commit where the bug was introduced.
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### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
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### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure with `bazel query "@bazel_tools//..."` in a simple workspace, then compare it with `bazel query "@bazel_tools//tools/..."`. Investigate why loading `@bazel_tools//src/main/protobuf` cannot resolve `@com_google_protobuf`; done means the broad query succeeds without the reported repository error.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100