From 2d587663eeb0c5152994050fd3621b7093c6bc74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Laurenz=20Altenm=C3=BCller?=
 <laurenz.altenmueller@fernride.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:02:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] iox-#2434: Remove `--//:feature_acl=auto`

---
 .bazelrc                     |  6 +++---
 BUILD.bazel                  |  7 +++----
 iceoryx_platform/BUILD.bazel | 37 +-----------------------------------
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 08fd10222d..ff0756cf69 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ build --noenable_bzlmod
 # feature flags
 #
 
-# value [auto, on, off]
-# 'auto' is platform dependent ('on' on Linux and QNX, 'off' on other OS) and the default value if the flag is not set
-#build --//:feature_acl=off
+# value [True, False]. Default: False.
+# Here we turn on the setting for Linux in this repo. Downstream consumers are unaffected.
+build:linux --//:feature_acl=True
diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index 3955fa5006..1b61d1b014 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -14,17 +14,16 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-load("@bazel_skylib//rules:common_settings.bzl", "string_flag")
+load("@bazel_skylib//rules:common_settings.bzl", "bool_flag")
 load("@buildifier_prebuilt//:rules.bzl", "buildifier")
 
 exports_files(["LICENSE"])
 
 exports_files(["VERSION"])
 
-# values: auto, on, off
-string_flag(
+bool_flag(
     name = "feature_acl",
-    build_setting_default = "auto",
+    build_setting_default = False,
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
 
diff --git a/iceoryx_platform/BUILD.bazel b/iceoryx_platform/BUILD.bazel
index d7e66aff92..3d9bffa388 100644
--- a/iceoryx_platform/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/iceoryx_platform/BUILD.bazel
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-load("@bazel_skylib//lib:selects.bzl", "selects")
 load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
 load("//bazel:configure_file.bzl", "configure_file")
 load("//bazel:configure_version.bzl", "configure_version")
@@ -67,42 +66,8 @@ configure_version(
 )
 
 config_setting(
-    name = "acl_auto",
-    flag_values = {
-        "//:feature_acl": "auto",
-    },
-)
-
-config_setting(
-    name = "acl_enabled",
-    flag_values = {
-        "//:feature_acl": "on",
-    },
-)
-
-selects.config_setting_group(
-    name = "acl_linux_enabled",
-    match_all = [
-        ":linux",
-        ":acl_auto",
-    ],
-)
-
-selects.config_setting_group(
-    name = "acl_qnx_enabled",
-    match_all = [
-        ":qnx",
-        ":acl_auto",
-    ],
-)
-
-selects.config_setting_group(
     name = "cfg_feature_acl",
-    match_any = [
-        ":acl_enabled",
-        ":acl_linux_enabled",
-        ":acl_qnx_enabled",
-    ],
+    flag_values = {"//:feature_acl": "True"},
 )
 
 configure_file(