Chromium arm64 provided can't be executed due to spaces in its path.

[Serginho]

Description

Using browser @io_bazel_rules_webtesting//browsers:chromium-local. I'm getting the following error on my new M1 PRO macbook pro.

It seems it's caused by chromium framework execution path which contains spaces. Bazel has never supported spaces in paths.

Any workaround?

Error

link or target filename contains space on line 13521: 'org_chromium_chromium_macos_arm64/chrome-mac/Chromium.app/Contents/Frameworks/Chromium Framework.framework/Chromium Framework /private/var/tmp/_bazel_user/1278b7bdb66d5638f4b8805b0e51d711/external/org_chromium_chromium_macos_arm64/chrome-mac/Chromium.app/Contents/Frameworks/Chromium Framework.framework/Chromium Framework

Full error:

ERROR: /Users/user/project/project-web/src/app/shared/device/BUILD.bazel:68:24: Creating runfiles tree bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/src/app/shared/device/test_chromium-local.sh.runfiles failed: build-runfiles failed: error executing command
  (cd /private/var/tmp/_bazel_user/1278b7bdb66d5638f4b8805b0e51d711/execroot/project && \
  exec env - \
    PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin \
  /var/tmp/_bazel_user/install/634b8c3c6126994d7642cc4694627f2f/build-runfiles bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/src/app/shared/device/test_chromium-local.sh.runfiles_manifest bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/src/app/shared/device/test_chromium-local.sh.runfiles): Process exited with status 1: Process exited with status 1
/var/tmp/_bazel_user/install/634b8c3c6126994d7642cc4694627f2f/build-runfiles (args bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/src/app/shared/device/test_chromium-local.sh.runfiles_manifest bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/src/app/shared/device/test_chromium-local.sh.runfiles): link or target filename contains space on line 13521: 'org_chromium_chromium_macos_arm64/chrome-mac/Chromium.app/Contents/Frameworks/Chromium Framework.framework/Chromium Framework /private/var/tmp/_bazel_user/1278b7bdb66d5638f4b8805b0e51d711/external/org_chromium_chromium_macos_arm64/chrome-mac/Chromium.app/Contents/Frameworks/Chromium Framework.framework/Chromium Framework'

Target //src/app/shared/device:test_chromium-local failed to build

Versions

Bazel: 4.2.2 rules_nodejs: 4.4.6 Angular: 12

[enigmatix]

@Serginho , potential workaround that seems to work for us is this flag: https://docs.bazel.build/versions/main/command-line-reference.html#flag--experimental_inprocess_symlink_creation

[Serginho]

@enigmatix thank you very much! It works like a charm!