' bazel option "--config=opt" is specified [Default is %s]: '
             ) % default_cc_opt_flags
  cc_opt_flags = get_from_env_or_user_or_default(environ_cp, 'CC_OPT_FLAGS',
                                                 question, default_cc_opt_flags)
  for opt in cc_opt_flags.split():
    write_to_bazelrc('build:opt --copt=%s' % opt)
    write_to_bazelrc('build:opt --host_copt=%s' % opt)