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authorGravatar Laszlo Csomor <laszlocsomor@google.com>2018-06-21 06:02:16 -0700
committerGravatar Copybara-Service <copybara-piper@google.com>2018-06-21 06:04:04 -0700
commite926cfc8f5ce4c6db666ceb7058bba263fbede36 (patch)
treec5d2c1752fce20ff13a9fd433df41ef00709c7da /tools/build_defs/repo
parentdc986d290bad8a76d3429f73c8244376b4c59494 (diff)
shell tests, windows: enable more tests
Enable on Windows: //src/test/shell/bazel:bazel_experimental_ui_test //src/test/shell/bazel:bazel_random_characters_test Also document the (surprising) semantics of http_file() on Windows. See https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/4292 Change-Id: Id636b9cf03cc8d12449eed2be493dcfc176146c7 Closes #5409. Change-Id: I15677548f2f3fd6b4822e8e6af4b78d8517f953a PiperOrigin-RevId: 201512812
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@@ -316,6 +316,11 @@ Examples:
Targets would specify <code>@my_ssl//jar</code> as a dependency to depend on this jar.
+ You may also reference files on the current system (localhost) by using "file:///path/to/file"
+ if you are on Unix-based systems. If you're on Windows, use "file:///c:/path/to/file". In both
+ examples, note the three slashes (`/`) -- the first two slashes belong to `file://` and the third
+ one belongs to the absolute path to the file.
+
Args:
name: A unique name for this rule.