Remove the "licenses" and "distribs" attribute from the alias rule.

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MOS_MIGRATED_REVID=122721164

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/Alias.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/Alias.java
index 540bcc953b..a24c5378b5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/Alias.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/Alias.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.packages.BuildType.LABEL;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.BaseRuleClasses;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.ConfiguredTarget;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.LicensesProvider;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.LicensesProviderImpl;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleConfiguredTarget.Mode;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleContext;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.RuleDefinition;
@@ -43,8 +41,7 @@ public class Alias implements RuleConfiguredTargetFactory {
         actual,
         ImmutableMap.of(
             AliasProvider.class, AliasProvider.fromAliasRule(ruleContext.getLabel(), actual),
-            VisibilityProvider.class, new VisibilityProviderImpl(ruleContext.getVisibility()),
-            LicensesProvider.class, LicensesProviderImpl.of(ruleContext)));
+            VisibilityProvider.class, new VisibilityProviderImpl(ruleContext.getVisibility())));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -58,6 +55,8 @@ public class Alias implements RuleConfiguredTargetFactory {
           The target this alias refers to. It does not need to be a rule, it can also be an input
           file.
           <!-- #END_BLAZE_RULE.ATTRIBUTE -->*/
+          .removeAttribute("licenses")
+          .removeAttribute("distribs")
           .add(attr("actual", LABEL)
               .allowedFileTypes(FileTypeSet.ANY_FILE)
               .allowedRuleClasses(ANY_RULE)
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ public class Alias implements RuleConfiguredTargetFactory {
 </p>
 
 <p>
-  The alias rule has its own visibility and license declaration. In all other respects, it behaves
+  The alias rule has its own visibility declaration. In all other respects, it behaves
   like the rule it references with some minor exceptions:
 
   <ul>