Deprecated, superseded by --incompatible_remove_legacy_whole_archive (see https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/7362 for details). When on, use --whole-archive for cc_binary rules that have linkshared=1 and either linkstatic=1 or '-static' in linkopts. This is for backwards compatibility only. A better alternative is to use alwayslink=1 where required.