[7.4.0] Add experimental cc_static_library rule

[fmeum]

RELNOTES: The new cc_static_library rule produces a static library that bundles given targets and all their transitive dependencies. It has to be enabled via --experimental_cc_static_library.

Implements https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jN0LUmp6_-rV9_f-Chx-Cs6t_5iOm3fziOklzBGjGIg/edit

Fixes #1920

Closes #16954.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 661382285
Change-Id: I972afd1a38d50ab4e48d9b3c189f1662b0096bbf

Closes #23192

[dtera]

[7.4.0-error]: name 'cc_static_library' is not defined. By the way, I've added the --experimental_cc_static_library option

[fmeum]

How are you trying to use it? Could you post a full BUILD file snippet?

[dtera]

How are you trying to use it? Could you post a full BUILD file snippet?

cc_library(
    name = "app",
    srcs = ["app.cc"],
    hdrs = ["app.h"],
    deps = [
        ":xxx",
        ":yyy",
    ],
)

cc_static_library(
    name = "app_all",
    deps = [
        ":app",
    ],
    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
)

bazel build -c opt --experimental_cc_static_library //...

I just use cc_static_library like cc_library, not load anything else. Besides, the official documents about cc_static_library doesn't say what to load.

[fmeum]

@dtera I can't reproduce this with 7.4.0. Are you certain you are using the correct version of Bazel?

[dtera]

@dtera I can't reproduce this with 7.4.0. Are you certain you are using the correct version of Bazel?

Yes, the version is in .bazelversion, and I checked with 'bazel --version'. Can you give me a complete example, I'm using WORKSPACE instead of Bzlmod.

[dtera]

@dtera I can't reproduce this with 7.4.0. Are you certain you are using the correct version of Bazel?

load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")

@fmeum Do I need to load something, like the example above?

[fmeum]

You don't. Could you share a zip or git repo with a complete reproducer?

[dtera]

You don't. Could you share a zip or git repo with a complete reproducer?

https://github.com/dtera/bazel_demo.git
There is no problem using cc_static_library directly in BUILD.bazel, but extending cc_static_library in demo.bzl and loading from it fails.

[fmeum]

That's the case for all rules natively provided by Bazel: to reference them in a .bzl file, you need to access them as native.cc_static_library.