The latest Bazel releases have deprecated Bazel-native
"http_archive()" directive in favor of a Skylark version.
This updates the WORKSPACE to use the new format, as well
as removing the Eigen BUILD in favor of a string in the
WORKSPACE.
Fixes: https://github.com/ceres-solver/ceres-solver/issues/463
Change-Id: I2f7051316dbe0c1f283423c56b7672ab83a30860
This allows building and running the Ceres tests, without
needing any external dependencies; they are downloaded and
compiled automatically thanks to the magic of Bazel.
It also opens the door for other projects that use Ceres
easily thanks to Bazel's external dependency support.
Remaining work:
- Skylark macros to allow different Ceres configurations
- Checking to make sure external projects can use this
- Parallelizing bundle_adjustment_test execution
Sample output:
INFO: Analysed target //:ceres (6 packages loaded).
INFO: Found 1 target...
Target //:ceres up-to-date:
bazel-bin/libceres.a
bazel-bin/libceres.so
INFO: Elapsed time: 103.756s, Critical Path: 13.97s
INFO: Build completed successfully, 131 total actions
Change-Id: I400d3ce43f35b7e7a770da346337e3ffdb500dc2
Keir Mierle