Setting is_component_build to false by default

webrtc/webrtc.gni

 # Copyright (c) 2014 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
 # that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
 # tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
 # in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
 # be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
 
 import("//build/config/arm.gni")
 import("//build/config/features.gni")
 import("//build/config/mips.gni")
 import("//build/config/sanitizers/sanitizers.gni")
 import("//build/config/ui.gni")
 import("//build_overrides/build.gni")
 import("//testing/test.gni")
+
+if (is_component_build) {
+  print("The Gn argument `is_component_build` is currently " +
+        "ignored for WebRTC builds.")
+  print("Component builds are supported by Chromium and the argument " +
+        "`is_component_build` makes it possible to create shared libraries " +
+        "instead of static libraries.")
+  print("If an app depends on WebRTC it makes sense to just depend on the " +
+        "WebRTC static library, so there is no difference between " +
+        "`is_component_build=true` and `is_component_build=false`.")
+  print(
+      "More info about component builds at: " + "https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/component_build.md")
+  assert(!is_component_build, "Component builds are not supported in WebRTC.")

[tommi, 2017/03/04 00:14:05]

Although webrtc ignores the switch, we can't break chrome when it's used. This
fails when rolling.

+}
+
 if (is_ios) {
   import("//build/config/ios/rules.gni")
 }
 
 declare_args() {
   # Disable this to avoid building the Opus audio codec.
   rtc_include_opus = true
 
   # Enable this if the Opus version upon which WebRTC is built supports direct
   # encoding of 120 ms packets.
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       configs += invoker.configs
       configs -= rtc_remove_configs
       configs -= invoker.suppressed_configs
       public_configs = [ rtc_common_inherited_config ]
       if (defined(invoker.public_configs)) {
         public_configs += invoker.public_configs
       }
     }
   }
 }