Cannot build src/tools/execlog:parser without local JDK

[MikhailTymchukFT]

Description of the problem / feature request:

I'm comparing execution log of a build using this docs section.

When no local JDK is installed, the following error occurs when trying to build the parser:

$ bazel build src/tools/execlog:parser
DEBUG: /private/var/tmp/_bazel_mikhailtymchuk/05771ca1b5b45c3172231ec7845956af/external/bazel_toolchains/rules/rbe_repo/checked_in.bzl:103:9: rbe_ubuntu1804_java11 not using checked in configs as detect_java_home was set to True
DEBUG: /private/var/tmp/_bazel_mikhailtymchuk/05771ca1b5b45c3172231ec7845956af/external/bazel_toolchains/rules/rbe_repo/checked_in.bzl:103:9: rbe_ubuntu1604_java8 not using checked in configs as detect_java_home was set to True
INFO: Build option --macos_minimum_os has changed, discarding analysis cache.
INFO: Analyzed target //src/tools/execlog:parser (32 packages loaded, 1053 targets configured).
INFO: Found 1 target...
ERROR: /private/var/tmp/_bazel_mikhailtymchuk/05771ca1b5b45c3172231ec7845956af/external/bazel_tools/tools/jdk/BUILD:314:1: Action external/bazel_tools/tools/jdk/platformclasspath.jar failed (Exit 1) java failed: error executing command external/remotejdk11_macos/bin/java -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions '--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.platform=ALL-UNNAMED' -cp ... (remaining 4 argument(s) skipped)

Use --sandbox_debug to see verbose messages from the sandbox
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: external/local_jdk
	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file.Locations$SystemModulesLocationHandler.isCurrentPlatform(Locations.java:1862)
	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file.Locations$SystemModulesLocationHandler.update(Locations.java:1851)
	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file.Locations$SystemModulesLocationHandler.handleOption(Locations.java:1798)
	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file.Locations.handleOption(Locations.java:2062)
	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file.BaseFileManager.handleOption(BaseFileManager.java:269)
	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file.BaseFileManager$2.handleFileManagerOption(BaseFileManager.java:222)
	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.Option.process(Option.java:1138)
	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.Option.handleOption(Option.java:1086)
	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file.BaseFileManager.handleOption(BaseFileManager.java:232)
	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.Arguments.doProcessArgs(Arguments.java:390)
	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.Arguments.processArgs(Arguments.java:347)
	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.main.Arguments.init(Arguments.java:246)
	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api.JavacTool.getTask(JavacTool.java:185)
	at DumpPlatformClassPath.dumpJDK9AndNewerBootClassPath(DumpPlatformClassPath.java:106)
	at DumpPlatformClassPath.main(DumpPlatformClassPath.java:67)
Caused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: external/local_jdk
	at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:92)
	at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111)
	at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116)
	at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.isSameFile(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:333)
	at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.isSameFile(Files.java:1530)
	at jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.file.Locations$SystemModulesLocationHandler.isCurrentPlatform(Locations.java:1860)
	... 14 more
Target //src/tools/execlog:parser failed to build
Use --verbose_failures to see the command lines of failed build steps.
INFO: Elapsed time: 29.222s, Critical Path: 3.54s
INFO: 17 processes: 16 darwin-sandbox, 1 worker.
FAILED: Build did NOT complete successfully

Bugs: what's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.

$ git clone https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel.git
$ cd bazel
$ bazel build src/tools/execlog:parser

What operating system are you running Bazel on?

MacOS 10.15.6

What's the output of bazel info release?

release 2.1.0

What's the output of git remote get-url origin ; git rev-parse master ; git rev-parse HEAD ?

https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel.git
18ee6ba
18ee6ba

Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?

This PR searches for local JDK which does not exist in my case: #7324
These 3 issues #7304, #7953 and google/j2cl#34 mention the same error.

Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?

I still consider this a bug, because there is no info in bazel installation docs about the need of installing JDK: https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/install-os-x.html
https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/remote-execution-caching-debug.html does not mention this dependency either.

[comius]

This is a duplicate of #6993.
It's true, bazel does not need installed JDK, however it defaults to it.
Workaround, add cmd line parameter: --javabase=@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:remote_jdk11