Bazel 8 specific miscellanious changes

.github/bazel_version.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [
     "6.5.0",
-    "7.7.0"
+    "7.7.0",
+    "8.5.0"
 ]
 

README.md

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Prerequisites
 We need the following tools:
 
 - Git 2 or newer (we use 2.36)
-- Bazel 6 or 7, not yet bazel 8 (we recommend version 7.7.0)
+- Bazel 6, 7 or 8 (we recommend version 8.5.0)
 - Clang 16 or newer (we use 16), we use clang-tidy
 - Python 3.8 or newer (we use 3.11)
 - CodeChecker 6.26 or newer (we use 6.26.0)
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ pip3 install codechecker
 ```
 
 Install Bazel:
-We recommend bazel 7.7.0
+We recommend bazel 8.5.0
 ```bash
-wget https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/7.7.0/bazel-7.7.0-linux-x86_64 && \
-chmod +x bazel-7.7.0-linux-x86_64 && \
-sudo mv bazel-7.7.0-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/bin/bazel
+wget https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/8.5.0/bazel-8.5.0-linux-x86_64 && \
+chmod +x bazel-8.5.0-linux-x86_64 && \
+sudo mv bazel-8.5.0-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/bin/bazel
 ```
 Or choose a suitable binary for your system from this list: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/7.7.0
 Alternatively follow the official guide at: https://bazel.build/install

test/foss/test_foss.py

@@ -77,9 +77,12 @@ def test_runner(self) -> None:
             ret, _, _ = self.run_command(
                 f"sh init.sh {test_dir}", project_root
             )
-            module_file = Path(
-                os.path.join(test_dir, "MODULE.bazel")
-            )
+            skip_test = Path(os.path.join(test_dir, ".skipfosstest"))
+            if os.path.exists(skip_test):
+                self.skipTest(
+                    "This project is not compatible with this bazel version"
+                )
+            module_file = Path(os.path.join(test_dir, "MODULE.bazel"))
             if os.path.exists(module_file):
                 content = module_file.read_text("utf-8").replace(
                     "{rule_path}",

test/foss/yaml-cpp/init.sh

@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ if [ -z "$1" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# Skip this test on bazel 8
+MAJOR_VERSION=$(bazel --version | cut -d' ' -f2 | cut -d'.' -f1)
+if [ "$MAJOR_VERSION" -ge 8 ]; then
+    echo "" >> $1/.skipfosstest
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 git clone https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp.git "$1"
 git -C "$1" checkout yaml-cpp-0.7.0
 

test/foss/zlib/init.sh

@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ if [ -z "$1" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# Skip this test on bazel 8
+MAJOR_VERSION=$(bazel --version | cut -d' ' -f2 | cut -d'.' -f1)
+if [ "$MAJOR_VERSION" -ge 8 ]; then
+    echo "" >> $1/.skipfosstest
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 git clone https://github.com/madler/zlib.git "$1"
 git -C "$1" checkout 5a82f71ed1dfc0bec044d9702463dbdf84ea3b71