exec builds fail with `cl : Command line error D8043 : unknown option '-g0'` with MSVC and `/options:strict`
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Description
### Description of the bug:
We use `/options:strict` with MSVC as part of our minimum quality bar. As part of the bazel 8.0 upgrade everything it now fails to build any tool for exec.
example error:
```
ERROR: D:/bazel_bugs/strict_error/BUILD.bazel:2:10: Compiling tool.cpp [for tool] failed: (Exit 2): cl.exe failed: error executing CppCompile command (from target //:tool) C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.40.33807\bin\HostX64\x64\cl.exe @bazel-out/x64_windows-opt-exec-ST-d57f47055a04/bin/_objs/tool/tool.obj.params
cl : Command line error D8043 : unknown option '-g0'
cl : Command line error D8043 : unknown option '-g0'
```
### Which category does this issue belong to?
C++ Rules, Starlark Integration
### What's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.
With the following example
[strict_error2.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/17992933/strict_error2.zip)
run:
`bazel build //... --host_copt=-options:strict`
### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
windows
### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
release 8.0.0rc6
### If `bazel info release` returns `development version` or `(@non-git)`, tell us how you built Bazel.
_No response_
### What's the output of `git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse HEAD` ?
_No response_
### If this is a regression, please try to identify the Bazel commit where the bug was introduced with bazelisk --bisect.
first bad commit is https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/commit/1acfb85b0324bbdaf0d441fdc4dffad31e8f4c9f
### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
I believe the following lines introduced the problem.
https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blob/3d7d157a29814cd97f82e20c7f8fb83555c7bbc0/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/builtin_exec_platforms.bzl#L343
### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?
_No response_
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Research direction
Reproduce the failure with strict_error2.zip using `bazel build //... --host_copt=-options:strict` on Windows. Then inspect `src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/builtin_exec_platforms.bzl` around line 343 and the cited regression commit. Done means exec tools build with MSVC and `/options:strict` without passing the unsupported `-g0` option.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100