Please Update io_bazel_rules_go to remove reference to @bazel_tools//platforms:xxx

[aranguyen]

Description of the problem / feature request:

The flag --incompatible_use_platforms_repo_for_constraints has been flipped and we're seeing CI failures in rules_cc for downstream pipeline https://buildkite.com/bazel/bazel-at-head-plus-downstream/builds/2600#_

Issue: bazelbuild/continuous-integration#1404

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Feature requests: what underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?

My quick analysis points to the remaining references of bazel_tools//platforms in io_bazel_rules_go. Since rules_go came from bazel_federation

rules_cc/internal_deps.bzl

Line 17 in ddc0791

load("@bazel_federation//:repositories.bzl", "bazel_skylib", "protobuf", "rules_go", "rules_python")

, please do the following:

1. Make a PR to update bazel_federation with the most recent rules_go https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-federation/blob/8ce885a3a89da83228cd845c6ab13bb0175ca105/repositories.bzl#L161
2. Make a PR to update bazel_federation to the most recent commit with updated rules_go

   rules_cc/WORKSPACE

   Line 6 in cb6d32e

   name = "bazel_federation",

Bugs: what's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.

bazel build --nobuild ...
bazel info ouput_base
grep -r "@bazel_tools//platforms" <replace with the output of the command bazel info output_base>

What operating system are you running Bazel on?

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What's the output of bazel info release?

release 5.2.0

What version of rules_cc do you use? Can you paste the workspace rule used to fetch rules_cc? What other relevant dependencies does your project have?

rules_cc at HEAD

[aranguyen]

I'm not able to build rules_cc on my machine and got this error ERROR: /Users/aranguyen/rules_cc/examples/custom_toolchain/BUILD:81:19: in cc_toolchain_suite rule //examples/custom_toolchain:legacy_selector: cc_toolchain_suite '//examples/custom_toolchain:legacy_selector' does not contain a toolchain for cpu 'darwin'

If someone could guide me to build rules_cc, I could help with the deps update.

[aiuto]

We should get rid of the federation indirection. No one is actively maintaining that so it becomes a boondoggle.

[aiuto]

Without addressing removing the federation indirction, I think #142 is a fix.

[comius]

Stale