tools: Use alwayslink instead of legacy_whole_archive

common/BUILD.bazel

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ load(
     "drake_cc_googletest",
     "drake_cc_library",
     "drake_cc_package_library",
+    "drake_cc_test",
 )
 load(
     "@drake//tools/skylark:drake_py.bzl",
@@ -714,7 +715,7 @@ drake_cc_googletest(
 )
 
 # Functional test of DRAKE_ASSERT at compile time.
-drake_cc_googletest(
+drake_cc_test(
     name = "drake_assert_test_compile",
     deps = [
         ":essential",

tools/bazel.rc

@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ import %workspace%/tools/lint/bazel.rc
 # than a toolchain in Bazel 0.27 and above until #11660 is resolved.
 build --incompatible_use_python_toolchains=false
 
-# Continue to use --whole-archive for cc_binary rules that have linkshared = 1
-# and either linkstatic = 1 or -static in linkopts in Bazel 1.0 and above.
-build --incompatible_remove_legacy_whole_archive=false
-
 # Default to an optimized build.
 build -c opt
 

tools/skylark/drake_cc.bzl

@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ def drake_cc_library(
         clang_copts = [],
         gcc_copts = [],
         linkstatic = 1,
+        alwayslink = 1,
         declare_installed_headers = 1,
         install_hdrs_exclude = [],
         **kwargs):
@@ -389,6 +390,7 @@ def drake_cc_library(
         deps = new_deps,
         copts = new_copts,
         linkstatic = linkstatic,
+        alwayslink = alwayslink,
         declare_installed_headers = declare_installed_headers,
         install_hdrs_exclude = install_hdrs_exclude,
         **kwargs

tools/skylark/pybind.bzl

@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ def drake_pybind_cc_googletest(
             "@pybind11",
             "@python//:python_direct_link",
         ],
+        use_default_main = False,
         # Add 'manual', because we only want to run it with Python present.
         tags = ["manual"] + tags,
         visibility = visibility,