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Etienne Perot 9ca09375e4 Add tool to generate a Go library that executes an embedded compressed binary.
This creates a `go_template` that can generate a `go_library` rule which
extracts a compressed binary to a temporary location, then executes it.

This is useful to implement `runsc` subcommands without requiring that these
subcommands' dependencies are linked into the main `runsc` binary.

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embeddedbinary

embeddedbinary can embed a binary inside a Go binary, and provides functions to execute it.

Embedded binaries are compressed to save on size. They require temporary disk space to execute, but the disk space is automatically freed when the child program exits.

Usage

Use the embedded_binary_go_library rule defined in defs.bzl.

load(".../defs.bzl", "embedded_binary_go_library")

# Declare a binary target:
go_binary(
    name = "my_binary",
    srcs = ["my_binary.go"],
)

# Generate a go_library rule that can execute the binary target:
embedded_binary_go_library(
    name = "my_library",
    binary = ":my_binary",
)

See test/BUILD under this directory for a full example.