#include problems with new_local_repository

[Onath Claridge]

Hi Bazelites,

I'm trying out new_local_repository, and cc_binary isn't play nicely with it. I've set up a "local repository" at /tmp/mylib, which consists of the files getx.h and getx.cc. In WORKSPACE of my project, I add

    new_local_repository(

        name = "mylib",

        path = "/tmp/mylib",

        build_file = "mylib.BUILD",

    )

In mylib.BUILD, I have

    cc_library(

        name = "getx",

        hdrs = ["getx.h"],

        srcs = ["getx.cc"],

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

    )

Then in my main project, I have system/hello.cc (the "system" package just being a convenient one to stick it in), which #include-s getx.h. Its compilation rule is

    cc_binary(

        name = "hello",

        srcs = ["hello.cc"],

        deps = ["@mylib//:getx"],

        copts = ["-I/tmp/mylib"],

    )

Then when I "bazel build system:hello", Bazel complains:

    in cc_binary rule //system:hello: The include path '/tmp/mylib' references a path outside of the execution root..

As an alternative, I split the -I flag into two components:

    copts = ["-I", "/tmp/mylib"]

In this case, Bazel complains:

    undeclared inclusion(s) in rule '//system:hello'

But unlike the previous case, if I build with -s, it spits out a command line, which runs successfully if I invoke it manually.

Am I missing something, or is cc_binary being overly cautious?

Thanks,

Onath

[Austin Schuh]

(Untested)

Try putting includes=['.'] in the library rule in the local repository BUILD file to include the path.

Austin

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[Onath Claridge]

That did the trick, thanks!