1.2.0

New Features

• pkg_deb: add support for md5sums control file
• pkg_deb: Allow for variables in the package name
• pkg_deb: Overridable debuginfo type
• pkg_install: Add destdir_flag to pick up destdir from a bazel-skylib.string_flag().
• pkg_install: support for symlinks
• pkg_mklink: support raw symlinks from declare_symlink() (Bazel 8+ only)
• pkg_rpm: "data" attribute to provide files for rpmbuild b
• pkg_tar: Conditionally preserve file mtime
• pkg_tar: Support compression_level when using xz
• pkg_zip: support synlinks

Incompatible Changes

MODULE.bazel setup

bazel_dep(name = "rules_pkg", version = "1.2.0")

WORKSPACE setup

load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
http_archive(
    name = "rules_pkg",
    urls = [
        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/1.2.0/rules_pkg-1.2.0.tar.gz",
        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/1.2.0/rules_pkg-1.2.0.tar.gz",
    ],
    sha256 = "b5c9184a23bb0bcff241981fd9d9e2a97638a1374c9953bb1808836ce711f990",
)
load("@rules_pkg//:deps.bzl", "rules_pkg_dependencies")
rules_pkg_dependencies()

Using the rules

See the source.

What's Changed

• feat: support raw symlinks from declare_symlink() by @rickeylev in #930
• pkg_tar: Fix #948: Don't add duplicate directory members to tar file when a symlink with the same path exists by @nickguletskii in #949
• Conditionally preserve file permissions when archiving through pkg_tar by @ronodnn in #951
• Use rules_shell in tests by @keith in #957
• Use DefaultInfo directly by @keith in #958
• [CI Fix] Stop trying the rpm debuginfo tests by @aiuto in #961
• Remove incompatible_use_toolchain_transition again, now that it has been removed from bazel by @mostynb in #963
• Add pkg_rpm() "data" attribute to provide files for rpmbuild by @wade-arista in #964
• Expose extension for Git toolchain by @guw in #967
• pkg_deb: add support for md5sums control file by @adam-azarchs in #960
• Add Alma 9 rpmbuild + bazel environment for examples by @wade-arista in #969
• Overridable debuginfo type by @nicbadiu in #945
• Convert the compression level to a string before calling Args.add() by @EdSchouten in #975
• 📦 Conditionally preserve file mtime when archiving through pkg_tar by @ronodnn in #974
• update codeowners by @aiuto in #978
• bump version to 1.2 by @aiuto in #977
• Implement pkg_install(symlink) by @aiuto in #979
• Fix Windows file locking issue in pkg_install by @rdesgroppes in #983
• Make pkg_install work without "runfiles" (Windows default) by @rdesgroppes in #984
• Implement pkg_install(symlink) also for pkg_zip by @adrianimboden in #982
• Document pkg_tar.extension's compression options. by @dougthor42 in #973
• Strip internal test fake repository for MODULE.bazel in distribution. by @aiuto in #976
• test with latest instead of rolling by @aiuto in #986
• Update pkg_deb to use ctx.action.args() for building the command line. by @aiuto in #714
• Allow for variables in the package name of pkg_deb by @AtoZdevelopment in #985
• Support compression_level when using xz by @mathukumillia in #988
• Fix distro packaging test by @aiuto in #989
• Add pkg_install.destdir_flag. by @aiuto in #990
• Generate docs for pkg_install by @aiuto in #992
• Create pre-release tests that run as a github workflow. by @aiuto in #991

New Contributors

• @rickeylev made their first contribution in #930
• @nickguletskii made their first contribution in #949
• @ronodnn made their first contribution in #951
• @keith made their first contribution in #957
• @mostynb made their first contribution in #963
• @rdesgroppes made their first contribution in #983
• @adrianimboden made their first contribution in #982
• @dougthor42 made their first contribution in #973
• @AtoZdevelopment made their first contribution in #985
• @mathukumillia made their first contribution in #988

Full Changelog: 1.1.0...1.2.0