Move PlatformConstraint to a param. #8375
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Problem
Currently the target platform constraint is hardcoded to be the platform pants is executed on. Before we can build rules that cross compile targets we need to let users and rules specify the value of a target platform from the CLI and for sub-graph respectively.
Solution
Make a CLI option called
--target-platform
whose default value is the current platform. Seed the rule graph with this value as a root at execution time.Result
The user can select the desired target platform for binaries and artifacts created by pants. This will only effect current and future rules which have platform dependent behavior. Cross platform rules are not effected.