gcc-ar failed: error executing command ... /usr/bin/ar: invalid option -- '@'

[yesudeep]

Description of the problem / feature request:

Build failure:

... 
/usr/bin/ar: invalid option -- '@'

with Bazel's rolling release.

Bugs: what's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.

❯ bazel test ...
2021/10/20 13:45:35 Downloading https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/5.0.0-pre.20211011.2/bazel-5.0.0-pre.20211011.2-linux-x86_64...
Extracting Bazel installation...
Starting local Bazel server and connecting to it...
ERROR: /home/yesudeep/code/foo/foo/algorithm/BUILD.bazel:1:11: Linking foo/algorithm/libswap_ints.a failed: (Exit 1): gcc-ar failed: error executing command
  (cd /home/yesudeep/.cache/bazel/_bazel_yesudeep/207c7cf9b46d428b257b88510b274dc9/sandbox/linux-sandbox/7/execroot/__main__ && \
  exec env - \
    PATH=/home/yesudeep/.cache/bazelisk/downloads/bazelbuild/bazel-5.0.0-pre.20211011.2-linux-x86_64/bin:/home/yesudeep/.emacs.d/bin:/home/yesudeep/.local/bin:/home/yesudeep/.python/bin:/home/yesudeep/.cargo/bin:/home/yesudeep/.yarn/bin:/home/yesudeep/flutter/bin:/home/yesudeep/.homebrew/bin:/home/yesudeep/go/bin:/snap/bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin \
    PWD=/proc/self/cwd \
  /usr/bin/gcc-ar @bazel-out/k8-fastbuild/bin/foo/algorithm/libswap_ints.a-2.params)
# Configuration: ce753a6cf9bc0287f94b51cdd4ece0523bc6611ed2b38f7be9a6f2f2978b8012
# Execution platform: @local_config_platform//:host

Use --sandbox_debug to see verbose messages from the sandbox
/usr/bin/ar: invalid option -- '@'
Usage: /usr/bin/ar [emulation options] [-]{dmpqrstx}[abcDfilMNoOPsSTuvV] [--plugin <name>] [member-name] [count] archive-file file...
       /usr/bin/ar -M [<mri-script]
 commands:
  d            - delete file(s) from the archive
  m[ab]        - move file(s) in the archive
  p            - print file(s) found in the archive
  q[f]         - quick append file(s) to the archive
  r[ab][f][u]  - replace existing or insert new file(s) into the archive
  s            - act as ranlib
  t[O][v]      - display contents of the archive
  x[o]         - extract file(s) from the archive
 command specific modifiers:
  [a]          - put file(s) after [member-name]
  [b]          - put file(s) before [member-name] (same as [i])
  [D]          - use zero for timestamps and uids/gids (default)
  [U]          - use actual timestamps and uids/gids
  [N]          - use instance [count] of name
  [f]          - truncate inserted file names
  [P]          - use full path names when matching
  [o]          - preserve original dates
  [O]          - display offsets of files in the archive
  [u]          - only replace files that are newer than current archive contents
 generic modifiers:
  [c]          - do not warn if the library had to be created
  [s]          - create an archive index (cf. ranlib)
  [l <text> ]  - specify the dependencies of this library
  [S]          - do not build a symbol table
  [T]          - make a thin archive
  [v]          - be verbose
  [V]          - display the version number
  @<file>      - read options from <file>
  --target=BFDNAME - specify the target object format as BFDNAME
  --output=DIRNAME - specify the output directory for extraction operations
  --record-libdeps=<text> - specify the dependencies of this library
 optional:
  --plugin <p> - load the specified plugin
 emulation options:
  No emulation specific options
/usr/bin/ar: supported targets: elf64-x86-64 elf32-i386 elf32-iamcu elf32-x86-64 pei-i386 pe-x86-64 pei-x86-64 elf64-l1om elf64-k1om elf64-little elf64-big elf32-little elf32-big srec symbolsrec verilog tekhex binary ihex plugin
INFO: Elapsed time: 19.862s, Critical Path: 0.17s
INFO: 23 processes: 19 internal, 4 linux-sandbox.
FAILED: Build did NOT complete successfully

What operating system are you running Bazel on?

OS: ClearLinux

❯ uname -a
Linux ghostname 5.10.74-25.lts2020 #1 SMP Sun Oct 17 03:04:46 PDT 2021 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Compiler:

❯ gcc --version
gcc (Clear Linux OS for Intel Architecture) 11.2.1 20211015 releases/gcc-11.2.0-353-g6a936be4ad
Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

What's the output of bazel info release?

❯ bazel info release
release 5.0.0-pre.20211011.2

[benjaminp]

#3760