step 1: build bazel (and weep)
steps N:
./configure # disable everything
bazel build -c opt --local_resources 2000,3.0,2.0 --verbose_failures tensorflow/tools/pip_package:build_pip_package
bazel-bin/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/build_pip_package /tmp/tensorflow_pkg
should print something akin to:
Target //tensorflow/tools/pip_package:build_pip_package up-to-date:
bazel-bin/tensorflow/tools/pip_package/build_pip_package
INFO: Elapsed time: 33645.503s, Critical Path: 2176.93s
and you're done!