Release notes from rules_pkg

rules_pkg_providers-0.0.1

2026-03-09T12:17:10Z

Release

rules_pkg_providers-0.0.1g

2026-03-09T16:01:07Z

New Features

Incompatible Changes

Change Log
TBD

MODULE.bazel setup

bazel_dep(name = "rules_pkg", version = "0.0.1g")

WORKSPACE setup

load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
http_archive(
    name = "rules_pkg",
    urls = [
        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/rules_pkg_providers-0.0.1g/rules_pkg_providers-0.0.1g.tgz",
    ],
    sha256 = "3aa6c1f2e1f1be8a433aca8880868f1eb4f43fe6202586c48ac7a6a9d8ef1080",
)

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
Add a release workflow. by @aiuto in #993
Fix bcr metadata templates in main so we can test push workflow by @aiuto in #1000
Add workflow to publish a release to the bcr. by @aiuto in #998
fix(ci): update deprecated GH Actions (scorecard) by @rdesgroppes in #1011
chore(deps): upgrade skylib to remove warnings by @rdesgroppes in #1005
fix(ci): use own md5 tool for Bazel 9 compatibility by @rdesgroppes in #1007
Add docs for 1.2.0 by @aiuto in #1014
fix(test): make //distro:packaging_test work with Bazel 9 by @rdesgroppes in #1009
fix(rpm): debuginfo support on some distributions by @rdesgroppes in #1006
fix(test): make //tests:path_test work on Windows by @rdesgroppes in #1017
fix(test): package_naming_aggregate_test on Windows by @rdesgroppes in #1018
fix(pkg_install): resolve files against own repository by @rdesgroppes in #1016
fix(test): make //tests/mappings/filter_directory work on Windows by @rdesgroppes in #1020
fix(rpm): propagate main() return code as process exit code by @wade-arista in #1024
Ensure runfiles.{,root_}symlinks makes it into tarballs by @EdSchouten in #1025
fix: handle UTF-16LE-encoded manifests on Windows by @rdesgroppes in #1021
Copy the providers to a module we can publish separtely from the rest by @tonyaiuto in #1027
Bring testing for bzlmod vs. non-bzlmod up to date with bazel features by @tonyaiuto in #1029
update docbuild to include the providers by @aiuto in #1036
Bump rules python and rules_cc deps by @tonyaiuto in #1034
Use filegroup rather than starlarklibrary for the sources. by @tonyaiuto in #1033
Create release scripts for rules_pkg_providers by @tonyaiuto in #1028
Avoid depending on the value of the --stamp flag if possible by @justinhorvitz in #1035
drop reference to an undefined variable by @aiuto in #1040

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
@justinhorvitz made their first contribution in #1035

Full Changelog: 1.1.0...rules_pkg_providers-0.0.1g

rules_pkg_providers-0.0.1f

2026-03-09T15:25:29Z

Release

rules_pkg_providers-0.0.1e

2026-03-09T13:19:46Z

Release

rules_pkg_providers-0.0.1.d

2026-03-09T13:00:47Z

Release

rules_pkg_providers-0.0.1c

2026-03-09T12:52:12Z

Release

rules_pkg_providers-0.0.1b

2026-03-09T12:41:19Z

Release

rules_pkg_providers-0.0.1a

2026-03-09T12:34:06Z

Release

1.2.0

2025-12-04T21:17:23Z

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

v1.1.0

2025-03-12T15:19:13Z

New Features

pkg_dep: Add the multi_arch option in make_deb.py in order to add the Multi-Arch field in debian control file. (#937)
pkg_rpm: Generic debuginfo RPM platform support (#942)
pkg_rpm: fix sub-RPM post_scriptlet and add %postun support (#934)
install: Add --wipe_destdir option (#894)
pkg_tar: Make compression_level configurable for .tar.gz (#888)
pkg_install: Add destdir attr & read rel paths. (#886)
pkg_install: Support TreeArtifacts. (#885)

Incompatible Changes

None that we know of.

Change Log

Modify the rich_structure example to set include_runfiles (#906)
Fix installing an installed running process (#941)
tar_writer.py: address duplicate dir warning regression (#900)
Add the multi_arch option in make_deb.py in order to add the Multi-Arch field in debian control file. (#937)
Generic debuginfo RPM platform support (#942)
rpm: fix sub-RPM post_scriptlet and add %postun support (#934)
Syntax highlight the readme as starlark (#939)
rpm: Consume group info for sub RPMs (#931)
ci: Check pre-commit hooks in CI (#922)
fix: Avoid else after return in mappings bzl (#923)
Add pre-commit hooks to format trailing whitespaces (#924)
Pre commit autoupdate and format files (#913)
Allow some common rule args in verify_archive_test (#917)
ci: Bump Ubuntu version in CI from 18 to 22 (#912)
Fix check_must_contain_regex in verify_archive.bzl (#910)
Delete deb_packages directory (#903)
install: Add --wipe_destdir option (#894)
Load py_binary from rules_python (#895)
make_rpm: suppress unconditional debug prints (#892)
pkg_install: modify log levels & print destdir by default. (#891)
Make compression_level configurable for .tar.gz (#888)
rpm: Refine prefix matching for sub RPMs to reduce fragility (#879)
pkg_install: Add destdir attr & read rel paths. (#886)
pkg_install: Support TreeArtifacts. (#885)
Add support for repo mapping (#878)

Thanks to all the contributors to this release: Andrea Nardelli,
Chris Bachhuber, Dahan Gong, Eric Wieser, Ivo List, Luis Padron,
Markus Hofbauer, Mateusz Krakowiak, Michael Kelly, Mike Kelly,
Nic, Peter Collingbourne, Thomas Lam, Tony Aiuto, Yun Peng,
jacky8hyf, hcw-g, njlr, Peter Woodman, wade-arista

MODULE.bazel setup

bazel_dep(name = "rules_pkg", version = "1.1.0")

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/1.1.0/rules_pkg-1.1.0.tar.gz",
        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/1.1.0/rules_pkg-1.1.0.tar.gz",
    ],
    sha256 = "b7215c636f22c1849f1c3142c72f4b954bb12bb8dcf3cbe229ae6e69cc6479db",
)
load("@rules_pkg//:deps.bzl", "rules_pkg_dependencies")
rules_pkg_dependencies()

Using the rules

See the source.