Bazel tools pkg_tar fails on Fedora 39

[neckbosov]

Description of the bug:

After updating my host system to fedora 39 I notices failure of pkg_tar targets (from @bazel_tools) in my project with the following traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/nikitabosov/.cache/bazel/_bazel_nikitabosov/d68312c3b2467869e50e3f7db2c64b88/sandbox/linux-sandbox/240/execroot/__main__/bazel-out/k8-opt-exec-2B5CBBC6/bin/external/bazel_tools/tools/build_defs/pkg/build_tar.runfiles/bazel_tools/tools/build_defs/pkg/build_tar.py", line 21, in <module>
    from absl import app
  File "/home/nikitabosov/.cache/bazel/_bazel_nikitabosov/d68312c3b2467869e50e3f7db2c64b88/sandbox/linux-sandbox/240/execroot/__main__/bazel-out/k8-opt-exec-2B5CBBC6/bin/external/bazel_tools/tools/build_defs/pkg/build_tar.runfiles/bazel_tools/third_party/py/abseil/absl/app.py", line 38, in <module>
    from absl import flags
  File "/home/nikitabosov/.cache/bazel/_bazel_nikitabosov/d68312c3b2467869e50e3f7db2c64b88/sandbox/linux-sandbox/240/execroot/__main__/bazel-out/k8-opt-exec-2B5CBBC6/bin/external/bazel_tools/tools/build_defs/pkg/build_tar.runfiles/bazel_tools/third_party/py/abseil/absl/flags/__init__.py", line 40, in <module>
    from absl.flags import _argument_parser
  File "/home/nikitabosov/.cache/bazel/_bazel_nikitabosov/d68312c3b2467869e50e3f7db2c64b88/sandbox/linux-sandbox/240/execroot/__main__/bazel-out/k8-opt-exec-2B5CBBC6/bin/external/bazel_tools/tools/build_defs/pkg/build_tar.runfiles/bazel_tools/third_party/py/abseil/absl/flags/_argument_parser.py", line 29, in <module>
    from absl.flags import _helpers
  File "/home/nikitabosov/.cache/bazel/_bazel_nikitabosov/d68312c3b2467869e50e3f7db2c64b88/sandbox/linux-sandbox/240/execroot/__main__/bazel-out/k8-opt-exec-2B5CBBC6/bin/external/bazel_tools/tools/build_defs/pkg/build_tar.runfiles/bazel_tools/third_party/py/abseil/absl/flags/_helpers.py", line 38, in <module>
    from six.moves import range  # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'six.moves'

I tried to fix it by installing absl to system (python3.six was already installed) but it didn't help. The only workaround I found is to use pkg_tar rule from @rules_pkg. On Fedora 38 both ways worked well.

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.

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Which operating system are you running Bazel on?

Fedora 39

What is the output of bazel info release?

release 5.4.0

If bazel info release returns development version or (@non-git), tell us how you built Bazel.

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What's the output of git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse master; git rev-parse HEAD ?

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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?

Found similar issue #11663 but it's already closed.

Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?

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[sgowroji]

Hi @neckbosov, Could you please provide complete steps to reproduce this issue?

[neckbosov]

Hi @sgowroji, just set up some project which uses pkg_tar rules, when try to build it on Fedora 39. I cannot share exact code because it's proprientary.

BTW found discussion on Google groups, so I'm not sure it's Bazel problem, but you definetely have more ways to investigate.

[joeleba]

@aiuto maybe you have some context on this.

[aiuto]

This is not for rules_pkg

external/bazel_tools/tools/build_defs/pkg/build_tar.runfiles/bazel_tools/tools/build_defs/pkg/build_tar.py", line 21,

That is the ancient (unsupported) pkg_tar from within Bazel itself. The current rules_pkg release should work with bazel 5.x, so just convert to that.

[jtillwickEA]

This is not for rules_pkg

external/bazel_tools/tools/build_defs/pkg/build_tar.runfiles/bazel_tools/tools/build_defs/pkg/build_tar.py", line 21,

That is the ancient (unsupported) pkg_tar from within Bazel itself. The current rules_pkg release should work with bazel 5.x, so just convert to that.

"just" lol. Like it is that easy.

I have the exact same issue and for reasons I cannot use the version of rules_pkg that has pkg_tar. How do I fix the original error with the built in version?

When I try I get this error:

Label '@rules_pkg//pkg:tar.bzl' is invalid because 'pkg' is not a package; perhaps you meant to put the colon here: '@rules_pkg//:pkg/tar.bzl'?

I love bazel so much.