io_bazel_rules_kotlin_configured

[lemito]

Describe the bug
When building the example application, j2cl requires @io_bazel_rules_kotlin_configured, but when installing rules_kotlin there is another error directly related to @rules_kotlin
Error in the console:

ERROR: Failed to load Starlark extension '@io_bazel_rules_kotlin_configured//jvm:opts.bzl'.
Cycle in the workspace file detected. This indicates that a repository is used prior to being defined.
The following chain of repository dependencies lead to the missing definition.
 - @io_bazel_rules_kotlin_configured
This could either mean you have to add the '@io_bazel_rules_kotlin_configured' repository with a statement like `http_archive` in your WORKSPACE file (note that transitive dependencies are not added automatically), or move an existing definition earlier in your WORKSPACE file.

or

ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/home/lemit/my-monorepo/WORKSPACE", line 328, column 20, in <toplevel>
                kotlin_repositories()
        File "/home/lemit/.cache/bazel/_bazel_lemit/2c2f6942bcf82b2b975b5d4cf25d41ec/external/io_bazel_rules_kotlin/src/main/starlark/core/repositories/initialize.bzl", line 96, column 21, in kotlin_repositories
                rules_repository(
Error in repository_rule: invalid user-provided repo name '': valid names may contain only A-Z, a-z, 0-9, '-', '_', '.', and must start with a letter
ERROR: Error computing the main repository mapping: at /home/lemit/.cache/bazel/_bazel_lemit/2c2f6942bcf82b2b975b5d4cf25d41ec/external/io_bazel_rules_kotlin/kotlin/core.bzl:2:5: at /home/lemit/.cache/bazel/_bazel_lemit/2c2f6942bcf82b2b975b5d4cf25d41ec/external/io_bazel_rules_kotlin/kotlin/internal/opts.bzl:22:5: Encountered error while reading extension file 'jvm/opts.bzl': no such package '@io_bazel_rules_kotlin_configured//jvm': error loading package 'external': Could not load //external package

To Reproduce
The code is taken entirely from the helloworld repository and is used without the slightest change

Bazel version

Bazelisk version: v1.13.2
Build label: 6.1.1
Build target: bazel-out/k8-opt/bin/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/BazelServer_deploy.jar
Build time: Wed Mar 15 15:44:56 2023 (1678895096)
Build timestamp: 1678895096
Build timestamp as int: 1678895096

Expected behavior
Expected the application to build

[gkdn]

The helloworld also has a bazelversion file that pins the supported version and we have CI setup that validates this is working untouched. So it should be something in your setup.
Possible scenarios that I can think of:

1. Bazel version that you are using is 6.1.1, it might be possible that rules_kotlin version that we are using might have incompatibility with that. We are currently only testing with Bazel 5.x.
2. You might have a more recent rules_kotlin that overrides the one from J2CL repo.

[lemito]

No, I've tried it on an older version of bazel as well, as I use bazelisk and the version is downloaded from just the bazelversion file.

[gkdn]

I can't see what is going on from your provided information.

I can tell that this is not happening in a clean repo so there should be something in your setup or the way you run it contributing to the problem here.

Can you try in a clean repo? If it doesn't work, could you share your steps for running it?
If it works, could you compare that with your own repo and see what is different?

[lemito]

Hello

Tried it for the 5th time and... it worked. Of course, I tried it on a clean helloworld, but no error occurred.
I will close this issue, because technically the problem is solved. If it occurs again, I will try to describe each step in more detail based on your questions and points and reopen the issue.

Thanks for solving the problem :)