[SPARK-38569] external top-level directory is problematic for bazel

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.2.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.4.0
• Component/s: Build
• Labels: build
• Assignee: Alkis Evlogimenos
• Reporter: Alkis Evlogimenos
• Created: 16/Mar/22 13:10
• Updated: 25/Mar/22 12:14
• Resolved: 25/Mar/22 12:13

Description

external is a hardwired special name for top-level directories for bazel. This causes all sorts of issues with both native/basic bazel or extensions like bazel-compile-commands-extractor. Spark forks using bazel to build Spark have to go through hoops to make things work if at all.

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #35874 (alkis)