Repository: tensorflow
Issue: Fail import tensorflow if rules_python is installed.
Labels: stat:awaiting tensorflower,type:build/install,subtype: ubuntu/linux,2.17

### Issue type

Bug

### Have you reproduced the bug with TensorFlow Nightly?

Yes

### Source

source

### TensorFlow version

tf 2.17.0

### Custom code

No

### OS platform and distribution

Ubuntu 24.04

### Mobile device

_No response_

### Python version

3.11

### Bazel version

_No response_

### GCC/compiler version

_No response_

### CUDA/cuDNN version

_No response_

### GPU model and memory

_No response_

### Current behavior?

When I installed both TensorFlow and Mesop simultaneously, I encountered an error while importing TensorFlow. It seems that installing Mesop also installs `rules_python`, which causes TensorFlow to malfunction.

Specifically, at the following code:
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/bc90265931a0ca90ee2e7c2ef988ad6634733961/tensorflow/python/platform/resource_loader.py#L117-L119

`r` becomes `None`, leading to an error.

According to `rules_python`:
https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/blob/0.26.0/python/runfiles/runfiles.py#L40

It seems possible that `r = runfiles.Create()` can indeed return `None`.

While it seems the issue could be linked to Mesop installing rules_python, there might also be an underlying problem with TensorFlow. I would appreciate your help in investigating further.

### Standalone code to reproduce the issue

```shell
$ pip install "tf-nightly==2.18.0.dev20240906" "mesop==0.12.3"
$ python -c "import tensorflow"

# I run this in docker image of python:3.11.
```


### Relevant log output

```shell
2024-09-06 21:45:07.412511: I external/local_xla/xla/tsl/cuda/cudart_stub.cc:32] Could not find cuda drivers on your machine, GPU will not be used.
2024-09-06 21:45:07.415758: I external/local_xla/xla/tsl/cuda/cudart_stub.cc:32] Could not find cuda drivers on your machine, GPU will not be used.
2024-09-06 21:45:07.425482: E external/local_xla/xla/stream_executor/cuda/cuda_fft.cc:477] Unable to register cuFFT factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuFFT when one has already been registered
WARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR
E0000 00:00:1725659107.441013      78 cuda_dnn.cc:8322] Unable to register cuDNN factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuDNN when one has already been registered
E0000 00:00:1725659107.445948      78 cuda_blas.cc:1418] Unable to register cuBLAS factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuBLAS when one has already been registered
2024-09-06 21:45:07.463219: I tensorflow/core/platform/cpu_feature_guard.cc:210] This TensorFlow binary is optimized to use available CPU instructions in performance-critical operations.
To enable the following instructions: AVX2 FMA, in other operations, rebuild TensorFlow with the appropriate compiler flags.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow/__init__.py", line 53, in <module>
    from tensorflow._api.v2 import compat
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow/_api/v2/compat/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from tensorflow._api.v2.compat import v1
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow/_api/v2/compat/v1/__init__.py", line 30, in <module>
    from tensorflow._api.v2.compat.v1 import compat
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow/_api/v2/compat/v1/compat/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from tensorflow._api.v2.compat.v1.compat import v1
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow/_api/v2/compat/v1/compat/v1/__init__.py", line 47, in <module>
    from tensorflow._api.v2.compat.v1 import lite
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow/_api/v2/compat/v1/lite/__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
    from tensorflow._api.v2.compat.v1.lite import experimental
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow/_api/v2/compat/v1/lite/experimental/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from tensorflow._api.v2.compat.v1.lite.experimental import authoring
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow/_api/v2/compat/v1/lite/experimental/authoring/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from tensorflow.lite.python.authoring.authoring import compatible # line: 263
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow/lite/python/authoring/authoring.py", line 42, in <module>
    from tensorflow.lite.python import convert
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow/lite/python/convert.py", line 151, in <module>
    _deprecated_conversion_binary = _resource_loader.get_path_to_datafile(
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow/python/platform/resource_loader.py", line 118, in get_path_to_datafile
    new_fpath = r.Rlocation(
                ^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'Rlocation'
```