incompatible_disable_legacy_cc_provider: Deprecate old C++ Starlark provider API #7036
Description
Flag: --incompatible_disable_legacy_cc_provider
Available since: 0.22 (January 2019 release)
Will be flipped in: 0.25 (March 2019 release)
Tracking issue: #4570
This is a tracking issue for the removal of the legacy C++ Starlark provider.
We are deprecating this old API in favor of the new C++ Starlark API that will be fully supported in the future and will provide more functionality than this deprecated API.
Migration instructions
Replacements:
| Old API | New API |
|---|---|
dep.cc.transitive_headers |
dep[CcInfo].compilation_context.headers |
dep.cc.defines |
dep[CcInfo].compilation_context.defines.to_list() |
dep.cc.system_include_directories |
dep[CcInfo].compilation_context.system_includes.to_list() |
dep.cc.include_directories |
dep[CcInfo].compilation_context.includes.to_list() |
dep.cc.quote_include_directories |
dep[CcInfo].compilation_context.quote_includes.to_list() |
dep.cc.link_flags |
dep[CcInfo].linking_context.user_link_flags |
dep.cc.libs |
get_libs_for_static_executable(dep) |
dep.cc.compile_flags |
get_compile_flags(dep) |
For the methods get_libs_for_static_executable and get_compile_flags, see as an example: https://gist.github.com/oquenchil/7e2c2bd761aa1341b458cc25608da50c