How would one use remote execution with lockfiles and venvs? When I run

pants package ...

, it attempts to use the

~/.cache/nce/...

python binary from venv using my local absolute path. Is there a way to specify a remote python binary to use?

Do you control the remote execution environment?

I do.

Then if you can set up a writable path (outside of the area used for execution sandboxes by your RE server), you can use

--remote-execution-append-only-caches-base-path

to allow Pants to use named caches in remote execution. https://www.pantsbuild.org/stable/reference/global-options#remote_execution_append_only_caches_base_path

It kinda works, as it created the

pex_root

and

python_build_standalone

directories, but it's failing on creating what appears to be a directory with no name.

Can you open an issue with the logs?

@fast-nail-55400: https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/21747