Allow setting supports_dynamic_linker crosstool capability using feature

This cl allows toolchain owners to express that toolchain supports creating dynamic libraries.

This is in theory a breaking change, for the crosstools that don't use `dynamic_library_linker_flag`, and don't specify `linking_mode_flags { mode: DYNAMIC }`, and they do specify feature { name: 'dynamic_linking_mode' }. This currently means the toolchain will generate shared libraries, but with this change it will not.

But since this only happens to toolchains that don't use legacy fields, and I don't think there are such toolchains in the wild, I'll go ahead and do this change without following the incompatible change process.

This cl is a step towards https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/5883. Also
see the rollout doc here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uv4c1zag6KvdI31qdx8C6jiTognXPQrxgsUpVefm9fM/edit#.

Flag removing legacy behavior is https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/6861

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