Bazel 5.3.0 //tools/osx:xcode-locator-genrule fails with Xcode 14.3

[adamjstewart]

Description of the bug:

Bazel 5.3.0 fails to build with Xcode 14.3:

ERROR: /private/var/folders/jv/cgkfvslj6nq1l7cw0c8c_8gm0000gn/T/Adam/spack-stage/spack-stage-bazel-5.3.0-ltrek6pv3ubac62sal2ugrqkqx3azrnb/spack-src/tools/osx/BUILD:36:8: Executing genrule //tools/osx:xcode-locator-genrule failed: (Exit 1): bash failed: error executing command 
...
ld: file not found: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/arc/libarclite_macosx.a
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

What's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.

Try to build bazel 5.3.0 with Xcode 14.3. I'm using Spack, but it should be possible to reproduce from a source install.

Which operating system are you running Bazel on?

macOS 13.3 (arm64)

What is the output of bazel info release?

5.3.0

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

With Spack

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

No response

Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?

Found an ancient reference to this bug at https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix#L212 (added in NixOS/nixpkgs#106984). I'll try that patch and see if it solves my issue.

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

• build log
• build env

This problem occurs with bazel 5.3.0 but not 6.1.1. The bug occurs with Apple Clang 14.0.3 but not 14.0.0. I need 5.3.0 to build TF.

[keith]

I think cherry picking #17451 might fix this

[adamjstewart]

Worked like a charm, thanks for the quick fix!

[brentleyjones]

@meteorcloudy Should there be a 5.x patch release with that cherry-pick?

[meteorcloudy]

@kshyanashree @keertk I think this qualifies as a OS-compatibility issue we should fix, can we start a 5.4.1 patch release to cherry pick #17451?

[keertk]

Sure, sounds good.

[keertk]

@bazel-io fork 5.4.1