fix(tar): drop truthy-string default on store_true argparse flags (#1065) The `--preserve_mode` and `--preserve_mtime` flags in `pkg/private/tar/build_tar.py` were declared with `default='False'` (a string, which is truthy) combined with `action='store_true'`. When the flags are not passed on the command line, argparse uses the default verbatim instead of the boolean `False` that `store_true` would produce, so `options.preserve_mode` and `options.preserve_mtime` end up as the string `'False'` — truthy under any natural truthy check. rules_pkg's own use happens to be safe because the check is `if self.preserve_mode is True`, but the typo is a foot-gun for anyone copying the pattern. Drop the bogus default — `action='store_true'` already defaults to boolean `False`. Fixes #1064
Bazel rules for building tar, zip, deb, and rpm for packages.
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As of Bazel 4.x, Bazel uses this rule set for packaging its distribution. Bazel still contains a limited version of pkg_tar but its feature set is frozen. Any new capabilities will be added here.
Sample, but see releases for the current release.
load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive") http_archive( name = "rules_pkg", urls = [ "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/0.9.1/rules_pkg-0.9.1.tar.gz", "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/0.9.1/rules_pkg-0.9.1.tar.gz", ], sha256 = "8f9ee2dc10c1ae514ee599a8b42ed99fa262b757058f65ad3c384289ff70c4b8", ) load("@rules_pkg//:deps.bzl", "rules_pkg_dependencies") rules_pkg_dependencies()
To use pkg_rpm(), you must provide a copy of rpmbuild. You can use the system installed rpmbuild with this stanza.
load("@rules_pkg//toolchains/rpm:rpmbuild_configure.bzl", "find_system_rpmbuild") find_system_rpmbuild( name = "rules_pkg_rpmbuild", verbose = False, )
bazel_dep(name = "rules_pkg", version = "0.0.10")
To use pkg_rpm(), you must provide a copy of rpmbuild. You can use the system installed rpmbuild with this stanza.
find_rpm = use_extension("//toolchains/rpm:rpmbuild_configure.bzl", "find_system_rpmbuild_bzlmod") use_repo(find_rpm, "rules_pkg_rpmbuild") register_toolchains("@rules_pkg_rpmbuild//:all")
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