The alwayslink issue with VS 2017 has been reported and fixed by VS team.
Now there isn't any known issue with Bazel working with VS 2017.
RELNOTES: None
@@ -125,9 +125,10 @@ To build C++ targets, you need:
* Install the [Visual C++ Build
Tools 2015 or later](http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools).
- Due to a [known issue](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/3949) with
- Bazel's support for the Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017, we currently
- recommend using the 2015 version instead.
+ If [alwayslink](be/c-cpp.html#cc_library.alwayslink) doesn't work with
+ VS 2017, that is due to a
+ [known issue](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/3949),
+ please upgrade your VS 2017 to the latest version.
* The `BAZEL_VS` or `BAZEL_VC` environment variable.
