Upgrade Externals March 2025

[nicolecheetham]

Follow Semi-automated monthly upgrades documentation.

Prior Issue (February): #22536

• March external upgrades #22670
• [workspace] Upgrade curl_internal to latest release 8.12.1 #22677
• [workspace] Upgrade nlopt_internal to latest release v2.10.0 #22678
• [workspace] Upgrade sdformat to latest #22680
• [setup] Upgrade Bazel to latest release 8.1.1 #22690
• [setup] Upgrade Python venv (mac) to latest #22692
• [workspace] Upgrade spral_internal to latest release v2025.03.03 #22693
• [workspace] Upgrade gz_math_internal,gz_utils_internal to latest #22701

[jwnimmer-tri]

BTW Please also upgrade us to use the just-released https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/8.1.1. Probably as a separate PR just to be safe.

[nicolecheetham]

@jwnimmer-tri The semi-automatic script no longer works when upgrading rust_toolchain. It specifically outputs an error message stating WORKSPACE has to be enabled for sync command to work, run with --enable_workspace.

In the rust_toolchain upgrade.py file I proceeded to add the flag to the sync command on line 34. However, it then warns workspace support will be removed in the near future, mentions switching to MODULE style externals like bzlmod, and then errors out as the subprocess returned a non-zero exit status.

[jwnimmer-tri]

Okay, please file a new issue and assign to me. Thanks for catching it!

Edit: => #22684

[nicolecheetham]

@jwnimmer-tri How does one use bazel run //tools/workspace:new_release -- --lint --commit foo to upgrade two externals? I am currently trying to upgrade clarabel_cpp_internal and crate_universe but I am only seeing the latter.

[jwnimmer-tri]

You can list multiple names on the command line at once, e.g.:

jwnimmer@call-cps:~/jwnimmer-tri/drake$ bazel run //tools/workspace:new_release -- --lint --commit spral_internal suitesparse_internal
...
INFO: All external dependencies for the requested targets fetched successfully.
Missing metadata for suitesparse_internal
Upgrading suitesparse_internal from v7.9.0 to v7.10.0
Downloading new archive...
Populating repository cache ...
...
INFO: All external dependencies for the requested targets fetched successfully.
************************************************************************
Done.  Changes for suitesparse_internal were committed.
Be sure to review the changes and amend the commit if needed.
************************************************************************
Upgrading spral_internal from v2025.01.08 to v2025.03.03
Downloading new archive...
Populating repository cache ...
...
INFO: All external dependencies for the requested targets fetched successfully.
************************************************************************
Done.  Changes for spral_internal were committed.
Be sure to review the changes and amend the commit if needed.
************************************************************************
...
Executed 294 out of 7440 tests: 7440 tests pass.

But if two packages are already declared as a cohort, they will automatically both happen even if you ask for just one.