bazel: Error: expecting string instruction after `rep'

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Description of the problem / feature request / question:

I’m trying to compile Bazel dist 0.4.4 and I have the following error:

ERROR: /home/sagon/easybuild/bazel/src/main/tools/BUILD:3:1: C++ compilation of rule '//src/main/tools:process-wrapper' failed: gcc failed: error executing command 
(cd /tmp/bazel_bKWRSEkl/out/execroot/bazel && \
exec env - \
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/ebsofts/Core/Java/1.8.0_92/lib:/opt/ebsofts/MPI/GCC/6.3.0-2.27/OpenMPI/2.0.2/ScaLAPACK/2.0.2-OpenBLAS-0.2.19-LAPACK-3.7.0/lib:/opt/ebsofts/MPI/GCC/6.3.0-2.27/OpenMPI/2.0.2/FFTW/3.3.6/lib:/opt/ebsofts/Compiler/GCC/6.3.0-2.27/OpenBLAS/0.2.19-LAPACK-3.7.0/lib:/opt/ebsofts/Compiler/GCC/6.3.0-2.27/OpenMPI/2.0.2/lib:/opt/ebsofts/Compiler/GCC/6.3.0-2.27/hwloc/1.11.5/lib:/opt/ebsofts/Compiler/GCC/6.3.0-2.27/numactl/2.0.11/lib:/opt/ebsofts/Compiler/GCCcore/6.3.0/binutils/2.27/lib:/opt/ebsofts/Core/GCCcore/6.3.0/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/6.3.0:/opt/ebsofts/Core/GCCcore/6.3.0/lib64:/opt/ebsofts/Core/GCCcore/6.3.0/lib:/usr/mpi/gcc/openmpi-1.6.5/lib:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/compilers_and_libraries_2016.2.181/linux/compiler/lib/intel64:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/compilers_and_libraries_2016.2.181/linux/compiler/lib/intel64_lin:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/compilers_and_libraries_2016.2.181/linux/mpi/intel64/lib:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/compilers_and_libraries_2016.2.181/linux/mpi/mic/lib:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/compilers_and_libraries_2016.2.181/linux/ipp/lib/intel64:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/compilers_and_libraries_2016.2.181/linux/compiler/lib/intel64:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/compilers_and_libraries_2016.2.181/linux/mkl/lib/intel64:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/compilers_and_libraries_2016.2.181/linux/tbb/lib/intel64/gcc4.4:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/debugger_2016/libipt/intel64/lib:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/compilers_and_libraries_2016.2.181/linux/daal/lib/intel64_lin:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/compilers_and_libraries_2016.2.181/linux/tbb/lib/intel64_lin/gcc4.4:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/compilers_and_libraries_2016.2.181/linux/compiler/lib/intel64_lin \
PATH=/opt/ebsofts/Core/Java/1.8.0_92:/opt/ebsofts/Core/Java/1.8.0_92/bin:/opt/ebsofts/Core/EasyBuild/3.1.0/bin:/opt/ebsofts/MPI/GCC/6.3.0-2.27/OpenMPI/2.0.2/FFTW/3.3.6/bin:/opt/ebsofts/Compiler/GCC/6.3.0-2.27/OpenBLAS/0.2.19-LAPACK-3.7.0/bin:/opt/ebsofts/Compiler/GCC/6.3.0-2.27/OpenMPI/2.0.2/bin:/opt/ebsofts/Compiler/GCC/6.3.0-2.27/hwloc/1.11.5/sbin:/opt/ebsofts/Compiler/GCC/6.3.0-2.27/hwloc/1.11.5/bin:/opt/ebsofts/Compiler/GCC/6.3.0-2.27/numactl/2.0.11/bin:/opt/ebsofts/Compiler/GCCcore/6.3.0/binutils/2.27/bin:/opt/ebsofts/Core/GCCcore/6.3.0/bin:/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/mpi/gcc/openmpi-1.6.5/bin:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/compilers_and_libraries_2016.2.181/linux/bin/intel64:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/compilers_and_libraries_2016.2.181/linux/mpi/intel64/bin:/opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016/debugger_2016/gdb/intel64_mic/bin:/opt/cluster/admin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/c3-4:/opt/ibutils/bin:/home/sagon/bin:/opt/nodejs/bin \
/opt/ebsofts/Core/GCCcore/6.3.0/bin/gcc -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -fstack-protector -Wall -B/opt/ebsofts/Core/GCCcore/6.3.0/bin -B/usr/bin -Wunused-but-set-parameter -Wno-free-nonheap-object -fno-omit-frame-pointer -g0 -O2 '-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1' -DNDEBUG -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -MD -MF bazel-out/local-opt/bin/src/main/tools/_objs/process-wrapper/src/main/tools/process-tools.d -iquote . -iquote bazel-out/local-opt/genfiles -iquote external/bazel_tools -iquote bazel-out/local-opt/genfiles/external/bazel_tools -isystem external/bazel_tools/tools/cpp/gcc3 '-std=c99' -fno-canonical-system-headers -Wno-builtin-macro-redefined '-D__DATE__="redacted"' '-D__TIMESTAMP__="redacted"' '-D__TIME__="redacted"' -c src/main/tools/process-tools.c -o bazel-out/local-opt/bin/src/main/tools/_objs/process-wrapper/src/main/tools/process-tools.o): com.google.devtools.build.lib.shell.BadExitStatusException: Process exited with status 1.
/tmp/ccMkyoTl.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccMkyoTl.s:645: Error: expecting string instruction after `rep'
Target //src:bazel failed to build
INFO: Elapsed time: 6.079s, Critical Path: 1.40s

If possible, provide a minimal example to reproduce the problem:

./compile.sh

Environment info

• Operating System: Centos 6.8 Easybuild with toolchain foss/2017a (gcc 6.3.0, as 2.27)

Have you found anything relevant by searching the web? (e.g. GitHub issues, email threads in the bazel-discuss@googlegroups.com archive)

I have found many threads saying that the error

Error: expecting string instruction after `rep'

Is due to a too old binutils. The version that I have is the latest (2.27) but maybe it’s not used? How should I enforce to use it?