FindResource no longer works when running binaries directly

[avalenzu]

FindResource() and friends appear not to be happy about the hoist:

Before #7575

$ git checkout 7f23076
$ bazel run //drake/examples/kuka_iiwa_arm:iiwa_controller
<snip>
INFO: Running command line: bazel-bin/drake/examples/kuka_iiwa_arm/iiwa_controller
[2017-12-13 10:54:31.693] [console] [info] Welding joint iiwa_joint_ee
[2017-12-13 10:54:31.693] [console] [info] Welding joint tool0_joint
[2017-12-13 10:54:31.700] [console] [info] controller started
^C
Bazel caught interrupt signal; shutting down.
$ bazel-bin/drake/examples/kuka_iiwa_arm/iiwa_controller
[2017-12-13 10:55:08.554] [console] [info] Welding joint iiwa_joint_ee
[2017-12-13 10:55:08.555] [console] [info] Welding joint tool0_joint
[2017-12-13 10:55:08.558] [console] [info] controller started
^C

After #7575

$ git checkout c84bceb
$ bazel run //examples/kuka_iiwa_arm:iiwa_controller
<snip>
INFO: Running command line: bazel-bin/examples/kuka_iiwa_arm/iiwa_controller
[2017-12-13 10:50:42.587] [console] [info] Welding joint iiwa_joint_ee
[2017-12-13 10:50:42.587] [console] [info] Welding joint tool0_joint
[2017-12-13 10:50:42.595] [console] [info] controller started
^C
Bazel caught interrupt signal; shutting down.
$ bazel-bin/examples/kuka_iiwa_arm/iiwa_controller
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
  what():  could not find resource: drake/manipulation/models/iiwa_description/urdf/iiwa14_polytope_collision.urdf
[1]    2175 abort (core dumped)  bazel-bin/examples/kuka_iiwa_arm/iiwa_controller

[avalenzu]

Apparently this issue only appears if your Drake checkout is named something other than drake. drake-distro was a common name for such checkouts in the past. Renaming the checkout is a workaround, but ultimately, FindResource() shouldn't care what your checkout is named.

[rdeits]

That seems like a somewhat unfriendly requirement, especially for those of us with lots of copies of drake floating around.

[jwnimmer-tri]

Yup, this is a regression and we'll fix it soon.

[rdeits]

Awesome, thank you :)