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Remove dependencie with bazelbuild/rules_cc #2950

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@limdor limdor commented Sep 9, 2021

Long time ago Bazel was saying that cc_binary, cc_library, cc_test and the other cc_* rules should be imported from rules_cc.
However rules_cc was always saying that there is no need to use them yet.
After several discussions it was clarified that migration to bazelbuild/rules_cc was put on hold and there is not need to the users that they start using it.
One of the reasons why a person would not want to use rules_cc right now is because there is no release and there is no notion of what is a good commit:
bazelbuild/rules_cc#91
bazelbuild/rules_cc#68

The fact that rules_go depends on rules_cc forces any rules_go user to use rules_cc. Considering that rules_docker depends on rules_go, any rules_docker user is also forced to depend on rules_cc.

More information about the discussions:
bazelbuild/rules_cc#86
bazelbuild/rules_cc#92
bazelbuild/buildtools#923
bazelbuild/buildtools#952

Fixes #2949

@google-cla google-cla bot added the cla: yes label Sep 9, 2021
Long time ago Bazel was saying that cc_binary, cc_library, cc_test and the other cc_* rules should be imported from rules_cc.
However rules_cc was always saying that there is no need to use them yet.
After several discussions it was clarified that migration to bazelbuild/rules_cc was put on hold and there is not need to the users that they start using it.
One of the reasons why a person would not want to use rules_cc right now is because there is no release and there is no notion of what is a good commit:
bazelbuild/rules_cc#91
bazelbuild/rules_cc#68

The fact that rules_go depends on rules_cc forces any rules_go user to use rules_cc. Considering that rules_docker depends on rules_go, any rules_docker user is also forced to depend on rules_cc.

More information about the discussions:
bazelbuild/rules_cc#86
bazelbuild/rules_cc#92
bazelbuild/buildtools#923
bazelbuild/buildtools#952

Fixes bazelbuild#2949
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achew22 commented Sep 10, 2021

Based on @oquenchil 's comments in bazelbuild/rules_cc#91 (comment):

[...] we deem rules_cc a mistake and we shouldn't have created it before finishing starlarkifying the rules.

it seems that rules_cc is not worth the hassle and isn't going to be the thing going forward. I'm going to merge this, removing the dependency on rules_cc and when/if that becomes the correct tool to use we can either revert this, or change the repo to adapt.

@achew22 achew22 merged commit 5efc3c2 into bazelbuild:master Sep 10, 2021
rHermes added a commit to rHermes/benchmark that referenced this pull request Nov 14, 2021
It seems according to [1] that bazelbuild/rules_cc has been put on hold
and that the recommended way for now, is to use the native cc rules.

[1]: bazelbuild/rules_go#2950
dmah42 pushed a commit to google/benchmark that referenced this pull request Nov 14, 2021
It seems according to [1] that bazelbuild/rules_cc has been put on hold
and that the recommended way for now, is to use the native cc rules.

[1]: bazelbuild/rules_go#2950
sergiud pushed a commit to sergiud/benchmark that referenced this pull request Jan 13, 2022
It seems according to [1] that bazelbuild/rules_cc has been put on hold
and that the recommended way for now, is to use the native cc rules.

[1]: bazelbuild/rules_go#2950
dneto0 added a commit to dneto0/effcee that referenced this pull request Dec 21, 2022
Stop using an external rules_cc dependency. Use internal C/C++ rules
instead.
- Follows googletest in doing this.
  google/googletest#3574
- See also: bazelbuild/rules_go#2950
This appears necessary for compatibility with Bazel 5.0.0 and Bazel 6.0.0

Update to googletest-release-1.12.1, the last release that only needs a
C++11 compiler, and doesn't require C++14.

Update to re2-2022-12-01

I have successfully built and tested effcee with this configuration
on Linux x86-64 with Bazel 5.0.0 and Bazel 6.0.0.
dneto0 added a commit to google/effcee that referenced this pull request Dec 21, 2022
Stop using an external rules_cc dependency. Use internal C/C++ rules
instead.
- Follows googletest in doing this.
  google/googletest#3574
- See also: bazelbuild/rules_go#2950
This appears necessary for compatibility with Bazel 5.0.0 and Bazel 6.0.0

Update to googletest-release-1.12.1, the last release that only needs a
C++11 compiler, and doesn't require C++14.

Update to re2-2022-12-01

I have successfully built and tested effcee with this configuration
on Linux x86-64 with Bazel 5.0.0 and Bazel 6.0.0.
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