local_repository name field must be a legal workspace name

[Przemek Lach]

Hi,

I'm trying to use boost in my C++ project and I'm trying to set boost up as an external dependency.

In my boost directory I have a empty WORKSPACE file and a BUILD file with the following:

cc_library(

  name = "boost-optional",

  hdrs = glob(["boost_1_61_0/boost/**/*.hpp", "boost_1_61_0/boost/**/*.h"]),

  includes = ["boost_1_61_0/boost"],

  copts = ["-std=c++11"],

  visibility = ["//visibility:public"],

)

In my main project, where I am trying to use boost, I have the following in my WORKSPACE file:

local_repository(

  name = "boost-optional",

  path = "/Users/przemeklach/dev/boost-optional",

)

I'm not including it in any of my targets yet but when I try to build anything I get the following error:

ERROR: /Users/przemeklach/source/Master/WORKSPACE:10:1: local_repository rule //external:boost-optional's name field must be a legal workspace name.

ERROR: Error evaluating WORKSPACE file.

ERROR: com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.BuildFileContainsErrorsException: error loading package '': Encountered error while reading extension file 'tools/cpp/cc_configure.bzl': no such package '@bazel_tools//tools/cpp': error loading package 'external': Could not load //external package.

Looking at the docs this seems like a straight forward process. Anyone can see what I'm doing wrong here?

Thanks in advance.

Przemek

[Ming Zhao]

Replace dash with underscore?

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