build: remove sccache (#26701)

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -445,9 +445,6 @@ step-fix-sync-on-mac: &step-fix-sync-on-mac
         # Fix Clang Install (wrong binary)
         rm -rf src/third_party/llvm-build
         python src/tools/clang/scripts/update.py
-        # Fix Framework Header Installs (symlinks not retained)
-        rm -rf src/electron/external_binaries
-        python src/electron/script/update-external-binaries.py
       fi
 
 step-install-signing-cert-on-mac: &step-install-signing-cert-on-mac

DEPS

@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ vars = {
   # To allow running hooks without parsing the DEPS tree
   'process_deps': True,
 
-  # It is always needed for normal Electron builds,
-  # but might be impossible for custom in-house builds.
-  'download_external_binaries': True,
-
   'checkout_nacl':
     False,
   'checkout_libaom':
@@ -157,15 +153,6 @@ hooks = [
       'src/electron/patches/mtime-cache.json',
     ],
   },
-  {
-    'name': 'electron_external_binaries',
-    'pattern': 'src/electron/script/update-external-binaries.py',
-    'condition': 'download_external_binaries',
-    'action': [
-      'python3',
-      'src/electron/script/update-external-binaries.py',
-    ],
-  },
   {
     'name': 'electron_npm_deps',
     'pattern': 'src/electron/package.json',

appveyor.yml

@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ build_script:
               $env:SAVE_GCLIENT_SRC="true"
             }
           } else {
-            # update external binaries
-            python src/electron/script/update-external-binaries.py
             # update angle
             cd src\third_party\angle
             git remote set-url origin  https://chromium.googlesource.com/angle/angle.git

docs/development/build-instructions-gn.md

@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ $ gclient sync -f
 ```sh
 $ cd src
 $ export CHROMIUM_BUILDTOOLS_PATH=`pwd`/buildtools
-# this next line is needed only if building with sccache
-$ export GN_EXTRA_ARGS="${GN_EXTRA_ARGS} cc_wrapper=\"${PWD}/electron/external_binaries/sccache\""
 $ gn gen out/Testing --args="import(\"//electron/build/args/testing.gn\") $GN_EXTRA_ARGS"
 ```
 
@@ -141,12 +139,6 @@ This will build all of what was previously 'libchromiumcontent' (i.e. the
 `content/` directory of `chromium` and its dependencies, incl. WebKit and V8),
 so it will take a while.
 
-To speed up subsequent builds, you can use [sccache][sccache]. Add the GN arg
-`cc_wrapper = "sccache"` by running `gn args out/Testing` to bring up an
-editor and adding a line to the end of the file.
-
-[sccache]: https://github.com/mozilla/sccache
-
 The built executable will be under `./out/Testing`:
 
 ```sh

script/generate-deps-hash.js

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ const HASH_VERSION = 3;
 const filesToHash = [
   path.resolve(__dirname, '../DEPS'),
   path.resolve(__dirname, '../yarn.lock'),
-  path.resolve(__dirname, '../script/external-binaries.json'),
   path.resolve(__dirname, '../script/sysroots.json')
 ];