compile tensorflow fails with error: SWIGing tensorflow/python/tensorflow.i ... swig failed: error executing command

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System information

• Have I written custom code (as opposed to using a stock example script provided in TensorFlow): No
• OS Platform and Distribution (e.g., Linux Ubuntu 16.04): CentOS 6
• TensorFlow installed from (source or binary): source
• TensorFlow version (use command below):1.14, 1.15, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
• Bazel version (if compiling from source): 2.0.0

Describe the current behavior

Running the build fails with a rather undescriptive:

ERROR: /home/username/src/tensorflow/tensorflow/python/BUILD:2974:1: SWIGing tensorflow/python/tensorflow.i failed (Exit 1): swig failed: error executing command
  (cd /tmp/_bazel_username/dcca333cc36b578f4473c754fbbc85ff/execroot/org_tensorflow && \
  exec env - \
  bazel-out/host/bin/external/swig/swig -c++ -python -module pywrap_tensorflow_internal -o bazel-out/local-py3-opt/bin/tensorflow/python/pywrap_tensorflow_internal.cc -outdir bazel-out/local-py3-opt/bin/tensorflow/python -ltensorflow/python/client/device_lib.i -ltensorflow/python/client/events_writer.i -ltensorflow/python/client/tf_session.i -ltensorflow/python/client/tf_sessionrun_wrapper.i -ltensorflow/python/framework/cpp_shape_inference.i -ltensorflow/python/framework/python_op_gen.i -ltensorflow/python/grappler/cluster.i -ltensorflow/python/grappler/cost_analyzer.i -ltensorflow/python/grappler/item.i -ltensorflow/python/grappler/model_analyzer.i -ltensorflow/python/grappler/tf_optimizer.i -ltensorflow/python/lib/core/py_func.i -ltensorflow/python/lib/core/strings.i -ltensorflow/python/lib/io/file_io.i -ltensorflow/python/lib/io/py_record_reader.i -ltensorflow/python/lib/io/py_record_writer.i -ltensorflow/python/platform/base.i -ltensorflow/python/pywrap_tfe.i -ltensorflow/python/training/quantize_training.i -ltensorflow/python/training/server_lib.i -ltensorflow/python/util/kernel_registry.i -ltensorflow/python/util/port.i -ltensorflow/python/util/py_checkpoint_reader.i -ltensorflow/python/util/stat_summarizer.i -ltensorflow/python/util/tfprof.i -ltensorflow/python/util/transform_graph.i -ltensorflow/python/util/util.i -Ibazel-out/local-py3-opt/genfiles -Iexternal/eigen_archive -Iexternal/grpc -Iexternal/protobuf_archive -Iexternal/swig -Iexternal/boringssl -Ibazel-out/local-py3-opt/genfiles/external/local_config_python -Iexternal/nsync -Iexternal/gemmlowp -Iexternal/jpeg -Iexternal/com_googlesource_code_re2 -Iexternal/jsoncpp_git -Iexternal/zlib_archive -Iexternal/highwayhash -Iexternal/gif_archive -Ibazel-out/local-py3-opt/genfiles/external/jpeg -Iexternal/lmdb -Iexternal/png_archive -Iexternal/farmhash_archive -Iexternal/local_config_cuda -Iexternal/sqlite_archive -Iexternal/swig/Lib -Iexternal/swig/Lib/cffi -Iexternal/swig/Lib/python -Iexternal/swig/Lib/std -Iexternal/swig/Lib/typemaps tensorflow/python/tensorflow.i).
Target //tensorflow/tools/pip_package:build_pip_package failed to build

This is as reported in #14211, looked like an issue in Bazel (bazelbuild/bazel#4053) but was deemed a Bug in TensorFlow, hence requesting a fix here

Describe the expected behavior

Build succeeds without need to apply patch from bazelbuild/bazel#4053 (comment)

[Flamefire]

SWIG no longer used. Closing

[google-ml-butler]

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