Replace dependency on entire proto library with just the headers for contrib.

- Linking a version of the entire proto library with every .so is wasteful.
- Causes duplicate destruction of the static initialized objects causing
non-deterministic crashes.
Change: 147220106

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index e69de29bb2..bfdd4772ff 100644
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+# Description:
+# TensorFlow is an open source software library for numerical computation using
+# data flow graphs.
+
+package(
+    default_visibility = [
+        "//tensorflow:internal",
+        "//tensorflow_models:__subpackages__",
+    ],
+)
+
+licenses(["notice"])  # Apache 2.0
+
+exports_files(["LICENSE"])
+
+load(
+    "//tensorflow:tensorflow.bzl",
+    "cc_header_only_library",
+)
+
+cc_header_only_library(
+    name = "protobuf_headers",
+    includes = ["external/protobuf/src"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = [
+        "@protobuf//:protobuf",
+    ],
+)