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+#  Copyright 2020 The Monogon Project Authors.
+#
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:cc_toolchain_config_lib.bzl", "tool_path")
+
+# This defines a minimal, non-parametrized toolchain configuration rule that
+# uses the host GCC. For background on why we do this, see
+# //build/toolchain/BUILD.
+
+def _host_cc_toolchain_impl(ctx):
+    tool_paths = [
+        tool_path(
+            name = "gcc",
+            path = "/usr/bin/gcc",
+        ),
+        tool_path(
+            name = "ld",
+            path = "/usr/bin/ld",
+        ),
+        tool_path(
+            name = "ar",
+            path = "/usr/bin/ar",
+        ),
+        tool_path(
+            name = "cpp",
+            path = "/bin/false",
+        ),
+        tool_path(
+            name = "gcov",
+            path = "/bin/false",
+        ),
+        tool_path(
+            name = "nm",
+            path = "/bin/false",
+        ),
+        tool_path(
+            name = "objdump",
+            path = "/bin/false",
+        ),
+        tool_path(
+            name = "strip",
+            path = "/bin/false",
+        ),
+    ]
+    return cc_common.create_cc_toolchain_config_info(
+        ctx = ctx,
+        cxx_builtin_include_directories = [
+          "/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/10/include/",
+          "/usr/include",
+        ],
+        toolchain_identifier = "k8-toolchain",
+        host_system_name = "local",
+        target_system_name = "local",
+        target_cpu = "k8",
+        target_libc = "unknown",
+        compiler = "gcc",
+        abi_version = "unknown",
+        abi_libc_version = "unknown",
+        tool_paths = tool_paths,
+    )
+
+host_cc_toolchain_config = rule(
+    implementation = _host_cc_toolchain_impl,
+    attrs = {},
+    provides = [CcToolchainConfigInfo],
+)