cc_binary should include debug_context in CcInfo
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Description
### Description of the feature request:
Currently, the only way for cc_binary to expose debug info is via its `dwp` file.
Conceptually, that works. But in reality, `dwp` files have some limitations:
- It is bound by a 4Gb size limit, as the table offsets are 32 bit. (https://dwarfstd.org/issues/220708.2.html)
- It doesn't know which `.dwo` files are actually referenced by the binary (https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/19148)
- Multiple copies of a same `.dwo` file in different `dwp` files.
- A lot of copying to generate the final `dwp` file. (Copying from `.dwo` files to intermediate `.dwp` files, then copying again to the final `.dwp` files).
I'd like to propose that cc_binary should expose debug_context in CcInfo (in addition to `dwp` file), so that it's more flexible for users to decide if they want to use the `dwp` file directly, or do some custom things with the `.dwo` files at their convenience.
### Which category does this issue belong to?
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### What underlying problem are you trying to solve with this feature?
Provide more options for users of cc_binary to deal with debug info, including (but not limited to):
- Build a database of debug info directly from `.dwo` files.
- Share `.dwo` files across different binaries.
- Avoid unnecessary copying of intermediate files.
- Collect big sets of debug info (> 4 Gb).
- Filter out unused `.dwo` files.
- ...
### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
Ubuntu
### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
release 6.1.1
### If `bazel info release` returns `development version` or `(@non-git)`, tell us how you built Bazel.
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### What's the output of `git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse master; git rev-parse HEAD` ?
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### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
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### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?
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