new(cockroachdb): distributed SQL with Pebble storage engine#13122
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Add recipe for cockroachdb/cockroach v26.x. CockroachDB is a Go-based
distributed SQL database that uses Pebble (a pure-Go RocksDB rewrite) as
its storage engine, avoiding the C++ rocksdb / cgo build complexity that
plagues TiKV.
Build path: since v23 cockroach moved fully to bazel; the legacy
`make buildoss` target no longer exists. The recipe builds the
`cockroach-short` bazel target via bazelisk, which excludes the
embedded JS web UI but produces a fully functional `cockroach` binary
(this is the maintainer-recommended "lean" build).
Notes:
- github source tarballs lack a .git dir; stub stamp.sh injects the
version into bazel's stable-status so the binary reports v{{version}}
- cross-references: Arch AUR PKGBUILD (v19, legacy make), nixpkgs
23.1 (gave up on source builds), and upstream docs/building.md.
cockroachdb does not publish GitHub releases; it only pushes git tags. The default github: <org>/<repo> resolves to .../releases/tags which returns an empty list, leading to "no versions parsed". Switch to .../tags so version resolution finds v26.2.1 and friends.
bazel's default sandbox masks /toolchain/gcc on the host, which pkgx's gcc wrapper script tries to exec at runtime, causing: gcc: line 25: /toolchain/gcc: No such file or directory Use --spawn_strategy=local to bypass the sandbox; the bazel build then runs against the same toolchain pantry already wired up. Same pattern is conceptually equivalent to starpls's --action_env hack but works when actual cgo compilation is needed (cockroach has jemalloc, geos and proj as c-deps).
bazel's --incompatible_strict_action_env (enabled in cockroach's .bazelrc) wipes HOME/PATH from spawned compile actions. pkgx's gcc wrapper at $HOME/toolchain/bin/gcc execs $HOME/toolchain/<tool>, so HOME=='' degrades to /toolchain/gcc and exits 127. Drop the HOME override (was clobbering pantry's prepared toolchain location), preserve the build shell's HOME/PATH and forward both to bazel via --action_env. Also use a 'EOSTAMP' heredoc with sed substitution so the stamp script does not expand $() at write time in the wrong shell context.
This was referenced May 31, 2026
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Summary
Add a pantry recipe for cockroachdb/cockroach — a Go-based distributed
SQL database that uses Pebble (pure-Go RocksDB rewrite) as its storage
engine, sidestepping the C++ rocksdb / cgo build hell that complicates
alternatives such as TiKV.
cockroach-shortbazel target viabazelisk, which producesa fully functional
cockroachbinary without the embedded JS DB Console(the maintainer-recommended "lean" build, cf.
docs/building.md).USE_BAZEL_VERSIONto match the in-tree.bazelversion(7.6.0).stamp.shis injected to satisfy bazel'sworkspace_status_commandfrom a tarball checkout that has no.git/.Build notes
make buildosstarget referenced in older Arch AUR PKGBUILDsno longer exists in v23+ — the top-level
GNUmakefileis a thin wrapperaround
./dev(bazel).upstream binary tarballs — we choose the source-build path instead
(HARD RULE: no vendoring).
since v23), upstream
docs/building.md.Test plan
pkgx +github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach -- cockroach versionreports v26.2.1cockroach start-single-node --insecureboots a SQL listener🤖 Generated with Claude Code