[Question] Understanding how the images are build with bazel

[lukas2510]

Hey, I am trying to understand how the distroless images are being build with bazel. And in the next step I want to adjust the code to build the python images with a new python version. Currently they have python 3.11 and I want to build them with python 3.13 in the images.

I looked at the code and forked the repository trying to build the images on my own. I encountered some questions I didn't find answers for.

1. Why is there a ~ symbol in the repository label? is this a placeholder and will be replaced with something? https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless/blob/dca9008b864a381b5ce97196a4d8399ac3c2fa65/private/repos/deb/package.BUILD.tmpl#L5-L6
2. When I try to run bazel build //... on my local machine I run into the error message: ERROR: /home/user/.cache/bazel/_bazel_user/1f7992ad81ee9cefa6220f093020f63e/external/+java+temurin21_jre_arm64/BUILD.bazel: no such target '@@+java+temurin21_jre_arm64//:temurin21_jre_arm64': target 'temurin21_jre_arm64' not declared in package '' defined by /home/user/.cache/bazel/_bazel_user/1f7992ad81ee9cefa6220f093020f63e/external/+java+temurin21_jre_arm64/BUILD.bazel
3. Is there a way to build the images locally? and if yes how?

I am new to bazel and would appreciate it if someone could answer my questions and help me to understand how the distroless images get build with bazel