Unable to build image

[sid226]

Hi,

I've been trying to build the image gcr.io/gcp-runtimes/ubuntu_16_0_4:latest
using following commands with
bazel 3.6.0
Docker version 19.03.8
OS : "Ubuntu18.04"

bazel run   //ubuntu:bootstrap_ubuntu_16_0_4 

output:

base-images-docker/ubuntu# bazel run   //ubuntu:bootstrap_ubuntu_16_0_4
DEBUG: Rule 'bazel_skylib' indicated that a canonical reproducible form can be obtained by modifying arguments commit = "f83cb8dd6f5658bc574ccd873e25197055265d1c", shallow_since = "1543273402 -0500" and dropping ["tag"]
DEBUG: Repository bazel_skylib instantiated at:
  no stack (--record_rule_instantiation_callstack not enabled)
Repository rule git_repository defined at:
  /root/.cache/bazel/_bazel_root/7ca5a63e7fc307a47a39afc1190ef7e9/external/bazel_tools/tools/build_defs/repo/git.bzl:199:33: in <toplevel>
DEBUG: Rule 'distroless' indicated that a canonical reproducible form can be obtained by modifying arguments shallow_since = "1553880894 -0400"
DEBUG: Repository distroless instantiated at:
  no stack (--record_rule_instantiation_callstack not enabled)
Repository rule git_repository defined at:
  /root/.cache/bazel/_bazel_root/7ca5a63e7fc307a47a39afc1190ef7e9/external/bazel_tools/tools/build_defs/repo/git.bzl:199:33: in <toplevel>
ERROR: /root/siddesh/bazel/base-images-docker/store/git/BUILD:17:10: no such package '@bazel_tools//third_party/py/gflags': BUILD file not found in directory 'third_party/py/gflags' of external repository @bazel_tools. Add a BUILD file to a directory to mark it as a package. and referenced by '//store/git:git'
ERROR: Analysis of target '//ubuntu:bootstrap_ubuntu_16_0_4' failed; build aborted: Analysis failed
INFO: Elapsed time: 0.501s
INFO: 0 processes.
FAILED: Build did NOT complete successfully (2 packages loaded, 0 targets configured)
FAILED: Build did NOT complete successfully (2 packages loaded, 0 targets configured)
    Fetching @local_config_cc; fetching
    Fetching @six; fetching

Is this the correct approach ? Any help would be appreciated.

I was not able to build image using official steps here : https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/base-images-docker/blob/master/CONTRIB.md
#2867 .

[sid226]

Looks like error is related to bazelbuild/bazel#11564
was able to build the image with old bazel binary 2.2.0. and following patch

diff --git a/ubuntu/BUILD b/ubuntu/BUILD
index d296e08..3a52490 100644
--- a/ubuntu/BUILD
+++ b/ubuntu/BUILD
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ genrule(

 bootstrap_image_macro(
     name = "bootstrap_ubuntu_16_0_4",
-    date = "20190409",
+    date = "20190301",
     image_tar = ":ubuntu_16_0_4_vanilla.tar",
     output_image_name = "ubuntu_16_0_4",
     packages = [
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ bootstrap_image_macro(

 bootstrap_image_macro(

command

bazel run //ubuntu:bootstrap_ubuntu_16_0_4 --action_env=GIT_ROOT=<dir>/base-images-docker --sandbox_writable_path=<dir>/base-images-docker --verbose_failures

[sid226]

closing this, as issue was resolved with old bazel binary 2.2.0