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Fix up README #2

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* Building Bazel
Building Bazel
==============

We currently only support building on Ubuntu, and the binaries only run on
Ubuntu. You will need packages for the protobuf-compiler, and for libarchive:
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We are working on bootstrapping bazel with itself.


* Workspace setup

You will need to add some infrastructure to your workspace to run bazel:

tools/genrule/genrule-setup.sh
tools/genrule/BUILD
tools/test/test-setup.sh
tools/test/BUILD
tools/BUILD
tools/defaults/BUILD

We are still in the process of figuring out how to ship these files.

* Running Bazel
Running Bazel
=============

Create a google3 directory. This is your package root where all of your builds
will happen (we're working on removing the google3 naming requirement). Add the
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Create your own project with a BUILD file, for example:

$ mkdir -p hello
$ echo 'genrule(name = "world", outs = ["hi"], cmd = "touch $(@D)/hi"' > hello/BUILD
)
$ echo 'genrule(name = "world", outs = ["hi"], cmd = "touch $(@D)/hi")' > hello/BUILD


Now run Bazel using --output_base and --install_base options, e.g.,

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