@embedFile and package paths

[humble ore]

I am getting the error embed of file outside package path from @embedFile

I don't actually understand what a "package" is since there doesn't seem to be any documentation for it. I just have a very standard build.zig with addExecutable

The file I want to embed is not in the same directory as all the zig code. It is created by a different build system which I currently run separately to zig build.

How can I add a directory to the package path?

[worn hull]

the terminology for the build system is a bit messed up rn, I think the error message you get should say module instead of package: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/14307
either move the embed to the src folder or add smt like this to build.zig:

root_module.addAnonymousImport("embed_name", .{
    .root_source_file = b.path("embed.txt"),
});

then you can do @embedFile("embed_name")