chore: remove references to @rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl (#2293) Referring to @rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl, refers to @protobuf//bazel:cc_proto_library.bzl, which fetches protobuf repository. Referring directly to what's needed limits the fetches just to rules_cc. Fix reference to bzl libs in rules_cc that are needed for docs generation. This requires rules_cc 0.0.13 or higher. Work towards https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/issues/2387, https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/issues/2378 --------- Co-authored-by: Richard Levasseur <rlevasseur@google.com>

diff --git a/python/private/BUILD.bazel b/python/private/BUILD.bazel
index 8410f31..39af217 100644
--- a/python/private/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/python/private/BUILD.bazel

@@ -631,7 +631,6 @@
     ],
 )
 
-# @rules_cc does not offer a bzl_library target for @rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl
 bzl_library(
     name = "rules_cc_srcs_bzl",
     srcs = [
@@ -644,7 +643,10 @@
         "@rules_cc//cc/common",
         "@rules_cc//cc/toolchains:toolchain_rules",
     ],
-    deps = [":bazel_tools_bzl"],
+    deps = [
+        ":bazel_tools_bzl",
+        "@rules_cc//cc/common",
+    ],
 )
 
 bzl_library(

diff --git a/python/private/attributes.bzl b/python/private/attributes.bzl
index a863e19..e62abf9 100644
--- a/python/private/attributes.bzl
+++ b/python/private/attributes.bzl

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 """Attributes for Python rules."""
 
 load("@bazel_skylib//rules:common_settings.bzl", "BuildSettingInfo")
-load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "CcInfo")
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_info.bzl", "CcInfo")
 load(":common.bzl", "union_attrs")
 load(":enum.bzl", "enum")
 load(":flags.bzl", "PrecompileFlag", "PrecompileSourceRetentionFlag")

diff --git a/python/private/common_bazel.bzl b/python/private/common_bazel.bzl
index 642cfd8..9e1f3a8 100644
--- a/python/private/common_bazel.bzl
+++ b/python/private/common_bazel.bzl

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 
 load("@bazel_skylib//lib:paths.bzl", "paths")
 load("@bazel_skylib//rules:common_settings.bzl", "BuildSettingInfo")
-load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "CcInfo", "cc_common")
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_common.bzl", "cc_common")
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_info.bzl", "CcInfo")
 load(":attributes.bzl", "PrecompileAttr", "PrecompileInvalidationModeAttr", "PrecompileSourceRetentionAttr")
 load(":common.bzl", "is_bool")
 load(":flags.bzl", "PrecompileFlag")

diff --git a/python/private/current_py_cc_headers.bzl b/python/private/current_py_cc_headers.bzl
index e72199e..217904c 100644
--- a/python/private/current_py_cc_headers.bzl
+++ b/python/private/current_py_cc_headers.bzl

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 """Implementation of current_py_cc_headers rule."""
 
-load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "CcInfo")
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_info.bzl", "CcInfo")
 
 def _current_py_cc_headers_impl(ctx):
     py_cc_toolchain = ctx.toolchains["//python/cc:toolchain_type"].py_cc_toolchain

diff --git a/python/private/current_py_cc_libs.bzl b/python/private/current_py_cc_libs.bzl
index d66c401..ca68346 100644
--- a/python/private/current_py_cc_libs.bzl
+++ b/python/private/current_py_cc_libs.bzl

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 """Implementation of current_py_cc_libs rule."""
 
-load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "CcInfo")
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_info.bzl", "CcInfo")
 
 def _current_py_cc_libs_impl(ctx):
     py_cc_toolchain = ctx.toolchains["//python/cc:toolchain_type"].py_cc_toolchain

diff --git a/python/private/hermetic_runtime_repo_setup.bzl b/python/private/hermetic_runtime_repo_setup.bzl
index 3f7bb5d..d041be5 100644
--- a/python/private/hermetic_runtime_repo_setup.bzl
+++ b/python/private/hermetic_runtime_repo_setup.bzl

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """Setup a python-build-standalone based toolchain."""
 
-load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_import", "cc_library")
+load("@rules_cc//cc:cc_import.bzl", "cc_import")
+load("@rules_cc//cc:cc_library.bzl", "cc_library")
 load("//python:py_runtime.bzl", "py_runtime")
 load("//python:py_runtime_pair.bzl", "py_runtime_pair")
 load("//python/cc:py_cc_toolchain.bzl", "py_cc_toolchain")

diff --git a/python/private/local_runtime_repo_setup.bzl b/python/private/local_runtime_repo_setup.bzl
index 3fa484e..37eab59 100644
--- a/python/private/local_runtime_repo_setup.bzl
+++ b/python/private/local_runtime_repo_setup.bzl

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 """Setup code called by the code generated by `local_runtime_repo`."""
 
 load("@bazel_skylib//lib:selects.bzl", "selects")
-load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
+load("@rules_cc//cc:cc_library.bzl", "cc_library")
 load("@rules_python//python:py_runtime.bzl", "py_runtime")
 load("@rules_python//python:py_runtime_pair.bzl", "py_runtime_pair")
 load("@rules_python//python/cc:py_cc_toolchain.bzl", "py_cc_toolchain")

diff --git a/python/private/py_cc_link_params_info.bzl b/python/private/py_cc_link_params_info.bzl
index e5f4534..bfa2de5 100644
--- a/python/private/py_cc_link_params_info.bzl
+++ b/python/private/py_cc_link_params_info.bzl

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """Providers for Python rules."""
 
-load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "CcInfo")
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_info.bzl", "CcInfo")
 load(":util.bzl", "define_bazel_6_provider")
 
 DEFAULT_STUB_SHEBANG = "#!/usr/bin/env python3"

diff --git a/python/private/py_cc_toolchain_rule.bzl b/python/private/py_cc_toolchain_rule.bzl
index 279f86c..d5f3b68 100644
--- a/python/private/py_cc_toolchain_rule.bzl
+++ b/python/private/py_cc_toolchain_rule.bzl

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 """
 
 load("@bazel_skylib//rules:common_settings.bzl", "BuildSettingInfo")
-load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "CcInfo")
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_info.bzl", "CcInfo")
 load(":py_cc_toolchain_info.bzl", "PyCcToolchainInfo")
 
 def _py_cc_toolchain_impl(ctx):

diff --git a/python/private/py_executable.bzl b/python/private/py_executable.bzl
index d5da922..8c0487d 100644
--- a/python/private/py_executable.bzl
+++ b/python/private/py_executable.bzl

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 load("@bazel_skylib//lib:dicts.bzl", "dicts")
 load("@bazel_skylib//lib:structs.bzl", "structs")
 load("@bazel_skylib//rules:common_settings.bzl", "BuildSettingInfo")
-load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_common")
+load("@rules_cc//cc/common:cc_common.bzl", "cc_common")
 load(
     ":attributes.bzl",
     "AGNOSTIC_EXECUTABLE_ATTRS",

diff --git a/python/private/py_repositories.bzl b/python/private/py_repositories.bzl
index f11d3d1..6283ad7 100644
--- a/python/private/py_repositories.bzl
+++ b/python/private/py_repositories.bzl

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
         urls = ["https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/releases/download/0.0.13/rules_cc-0.0.13.tar.gz"],
     )
 
+    # Needed by rules_cc, triggerred by @rules_java_prebuilt in Bazel by using @rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl
     http_archive(
         name = "protobuf",
         sha256 = "da288bf1daa6c04d03a9051781caa52aceb9163586bff9aa6cfb12f69b9395aa",

diff --git a/python/private/runtime_env_toolchain.bzl b/python/private/runtime_env_toolchain.bzl
index 1601926..2116012 100644
--- a/python/private/runtime_env_toolchain.bzl
+++ b/python/private/runtime_env_toolchain.bzl

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """Definitions related to the Python toolchain."""
 
-load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
+load("@rules_cc//cc:cc_library.bzl", "cc_library")
 load("//python:py_runtime.bzl", "py_runtime")
 load("//python:py_runtime_pair.bzl", "py_runtime_pair")
 load("//python/cc:py_cc_toolchain.bzl", "py_cc_toolchain")

diff --git a/python/private/whl_filegroup/whl_filegroup.bzl b/python/private/whl_filegroup/whl_filegroup.bzl
index c5f97e6..d2e6e43 100644
--- a/python/private/whl_filegroup/whl_filegroup.bzl
+++ b/python/private/whl_filegroup/whl_filegroup.bzl

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 Example usage:
 ```starlark
-load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
+load("@rules_cc//cc:cc_library.bzl", "cc_library")
 load("@rules_python//python:pip.bzl", "whl_filegroup")
 
 whl_filegroup(