bazel: Problems with include_paths when building TensorFlow 2.0 with Bazel 0.29.1

I have been trying to build TensorFlow 2.0 from the master branch on a Red Hat Linux Enterprise edition cluster.

The default GCC available is 4.8.5, and it is not possible to compile TensorFlow with it because it uses explicit

std=c++14

flag which is not available in GCC 4.8.5

Hence, I started using gcc/8.3.0 using a modulefile, which is configured as follows :

(tensorflow2.0-master) -bash-4.2$ module show gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5
  -------------------------------------------------------------------
  /gpfslocalsup/pub/modules-idris/modulefiles/linux-rhel7-x86_64/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5:
  
  
  module-whatis The GNU Compiler Collection includes front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Ada, and Go, as well as libraries for these languages.
  conflict gcc
  prepend-path PATH /gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin
  prepend-path MANPATH /gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/share/man
  prepend-path LD_LIBRARY_PATH /gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/lib
  prepend-path LIBRARY_PATH /gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/lib
  prepend-path LD_LIBRARY_PATH /gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/lib64
  prepend-path LIBRARY_PATH /gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/lib64
  prepend-path CPATH /gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/include
  prepend-path CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH /gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/
  setenv CC /gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin/gcc
  setenv CXX /gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin/g++
  setenv FC /gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin/gfortran
  setenv F77 /gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin/gfortran
  setenv F90 /gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin/gfortran
  -------------------------------------------------------------------

To compile TensorFlow, I first compiled bazel-0.29.1 and for that I modified the tools/cpp/cc_toolchain_config.bzl

file as follows :

I replaced all occourances of /usr/bin/gcc, /usr/bin/gcov, /usr/bin/nm, /usr/bin/ar, /usr/bin/cpp with the binaries in PATH as shown above. I added the include path as shown above, to the list of cxx_builtin_include_directory present in the file.

After that I proceeded to build TensorFlow.

The command used was :

CC=/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin/gcc bazel --output_user_root=/tmp/ujjwal-builds build --config=opt --config=cuda --config=mkl --config=numa //tensorflow/tools/pip_package:build_pip_package --verbose_failures This ended up giving me the following error :

INFO: Analyzed target //tensorflow/tools/pip_package:build_pip_package (0 packages loaded, 0 targets configured).
 INFO: Found 1 target...
 ERROR: /tmp/ujjwal-builds/7d993f307acf01aa765c32a6dcabd368/external/gif/BUILD.bazel:8:1: undeclared inclusion(s) in rule '@gif//:gif':
 this rule is missing dependency declarations for the following files included by 'external/gif/gif_err.c':
   '/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/include/stddef.h'
   '/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/include/stdarg.h'
   '/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/include/stdbool.h'
   '/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/include/stdint.h'
 Target //tensorflow/tools/pip_package:build_pip_package failed to build
 INFO: Elapsed time: 2.152s, Critical Path: 1.63s
 INFO: 7 processes: 7 local.
 FAILED: Build did NOT complete successfully

I have tried to search for solutions online but there are no satisfactory solutions. Can anyone please help me with what is going on here as it is important for me.

If it helps, I have attached the output of gcc and g++ include paths below :

    gcc -E -xc++ - -v
    Reading specs from /gpfs7kro/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/specs
    COLLECT_GCC=gcc
    Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
    Configured with: /gpfs7kw/linkhome/idris/softmgr/softmgr01/spack/var/spack/stage/gcc-8.3.0-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/spack-src/configure --prefix=/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3 --disable-multilib --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --with-mpfr=/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/mpfr/3.1.6/gcc-4.8.5-vwx7snyrzymeg5n6f7dg5tbpgk35do3k --with-gmp=/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gmp/6.1.2/gcc-4.8.5-5odxtlxihbfjtj4dxo52oz5f7r6ir6jk --enable-lto --with-quad --with-system-zlib --with-mpc=/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/mpc/1.1.0/gcc-4.8.5-pogagquauxex67doa7v2mkas2gcs5xut --with-isl=/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/isl/0.18/gcc-4.8.5-3wslknueis6r2nx3tasaizgda2ianxfa
    Thread model: posix
    gcc version 8.3.0 (GCC)
    COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-E' '-v' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64'
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    ignoring nonexistent directory "/gpfs7kro/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/include"
    ignoring duplicate directory "/gpfs7kro/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../include/c++/8.3.0"
    ignoring duplicate directory "/gpfs7kro/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../include/c++/8.3.0/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
    ignoring duplicate directory "/gpfs7kro/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../include/c++/8.3.0/backward"
    ignoring duplicate directory "/gpfs7kro/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/include"
    ignoring duplicate directory "/gpfs7kro/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/include-fixed"
    ignoring nonexistent directory "/gpfs7kro/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/include"
    ignoring duplicate directory "/gpfslocalsup/spack_soft/gcc/8.3.0/gcc-4.8.5-opnwtdjumg2hxo4ljvnx77ugb6afmvj3/include"
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