iox-#2372: Depend on @ncurses when building with Bazel

Author: lalten

MODULE.bazel

@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ bazel_dep(
     dev_dependency = True,
 )
 bazel_dep(name = "googletest", version = "1.15.2", dev_dependency = True)
+bazel_dep(name = "ncurses", version = "6.4.20221231")

WORKSPACE.bazel

@@ -25,3 +25,13 @@ load_repositories()
 load("//bazel:setup_repositories.bzl", "setup_repositories")
 
 setup_repositories()
+
+load("@rules_foreign_cc//foreign_cc:repositories.bzl", "rules_foreign_cc_dependencies")
+
+# This sets up some common toolchains for building targets. For more details, please see
+# https://bazelbuild.github.io/rules_foreign_cc/0.12.0/flatten.html#rules_foreign_cc_dependencies
+rules_foreign_cc_dependencies()
+
+load("@bazel_features//:deps.bzl", "bazel_features_deps")
+
+bazel_features_deps()

bazel/load_repositories.bzl

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ load("//bazel/bazelbuild:repositories.bzl", "load_com_github_bazelbuild_rules_cc
 load("//bazel/buildifier_prebuilt:repositories.bzl", "load_buildifier_prebuilt_repositories")
 load("//bazel/cpptoml:repositories.bzl", "load_cpptoml_repositories")
 load("//bazel/googletest:repositories.bzl", "load_googletest_repositories")
+load("//bazel/ncurses:repositories.bzl", "load_ncurses_repositories")
 load("//bazel/skylib:repositories.bzl", "load_bazel_skylib_repositories")
 
 def load_repositories():
@@ -31,3 +32,4 @@ def load_repositories():
     load_buildifier_prebuilt_repositories()
     load_googletest_repositories()
     load_cpptoml_repositories()
+    load_ncurses_repositories()

bazel/ncurses/BUILD.bazel

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+load("@rules_foreign_cc//foreign_cc:defs.bzl", "configure_make")
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "all_srcs",
+    srcs = glob(["**"]),
+)
+
+configure_make(
+    name = "ncurses",
+    args = ["-j"],
+    configure_options = [
+        "--without-debug",
+        "--without-ada",
+        "--without-tests",
+        "--enable-overwrite",
+    ],
+    lib_source = ":all_srcs",
+    out_static_libs = [
+        "libncurses.a",
+        "libcurses.a",
+    ],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)

bazel/ncurses/ncurses.BUILD

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:utils.bzl", "maybe")
+
+def load_ncurses_repositories():
+    maybe(
+        http_archive,
+        name = "rules_foreign_cc",
+        sha256 = "a2e6fb56e649c1ee79703e99aa0c9d13c6cc53c8d7a0cbb8797ab2888bbc99a3",
+        strip_prefix = "rules_foreign_cc-0.12.0",
+        url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_foreign_cc/releases/download/0.12.0/rules_foreign_cc-0.12.0.tar.gz",
+    )
+    maybe(
+        http_archive,
+        name = "ncurses",
+        url = "https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.3.tar.gz",
+        sha256 = "97fc51ac2b085d4cde31ef4d2c3122c21abc217e9090a43a30fc5ec21684e059",
+        strip_prefix = "ncurses-6.3",
+        build_file = "//bazel/ncurses:ncurses.BUILD",
+    )

bazel/ncurses/repositories.bzl

@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
 - ssize_t: redefinition; different basic types [#2209](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/2209)
 - Fix bazel build on macos [#2345](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/2345)
 - Fix Bzlmod module name typo [#2364](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/2364)
+- Depend on @ncurses when building with Bazel [#2372](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/2372)
 
 **Refactoring:**
 

doc/website/release-notes/iceoryx-unreleased.md

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ cc_library(
         "source/introspection_app.cpp",
     ],
     hdrs = glob(["include/iceoryx_introspection/**"]),
-    linkopts = ["-lncurses"],
     strip_include_prefix = "include",
     #Windows does not offer ncurses, therefore we do not build the lib
     target_compatible_with = select({
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ cc_library(
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
         "//iceoryx_posh",
+        "@ncurses",
     ],
 )
 

tools/introspection/BUILD.bazel

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 #include "iceoryx_platform/getopt.hpp"
 #include "iceoryx_posh/popo/subscriber.hpp"
 
+#include <curses.h>
 #include <map>
-#include <ncurses.h>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace iox