docker-python/tensorflow-whl/build failed to build a wheel

[pricebenjamin]

Attempting to follow the instructions provided here, I am unable to build a wheel using the provided script. Bazel fails immediately:

WARNING: The following rc files are no longer being read, please transfer their contents or import their path into one of the standard rc files:
/usr/local/src/tensorflow/tools/bazel.rc
Starting local Bazel server and connecting to it...
INFO: Invocation ID: 478f11e1-6cfc-42ec-96c4-61cefa74fb83
Loading: 
Loading: 0 packages loaded
ERROR: error loading package '': Encountered error while reading extension file 'closure/defs.bzl': no such package '@io_bazel_rules_closure//closure': The native http_archive rule is deprecated. load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive") for a drop-in replacement.
Use --incompatible_remove_native_http_archive=false to temporarily continue using the native rule.
ERROR: error loading package '': Encountered error while reading extension file 'closure/defs.bzl': no such package '@io_bazel_rules_closure//closure': The native http_archive rule is deprecated. load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive") for a drop-in replacement.
Use --incompatible_remove_native_http_archive=false to temporarily continue using the native rule.
INFO: Elapsed time: 1.795s
INFO: 0 processes.
FAILED: Build did NOT complete successfully (0 packages loaded)
FAILED: Build did NOT complete successfully (0 packages loaded)
The command '/bin/sh -c cd /usr/local/src/tensorflow &&     cat /dev/null | ./configure &&     bazel build --config=opt //tensorflow/tools/pip_package:build_pip_package &&     bazel-bin/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/build_pip_package /tmp/tensorflow_cpu &&     bazel clean' returned a non-zero code: 1

The exact command that fails is below.
bazel build --config=opt //tensorflow/tools/pip_package:build_pip_package

While the error message suggests using --incompatible_remove_native_http_archive=false, I would actually suggest that the Dockerfile not fetch the latest version of bazel, but instead use the latest version officially tested, which is 0.15.0 as of writing.

Using a newer version of bazel can lead to other issues, as well.