build UPDATE use standard var for static build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e9860cb..5e6c9a3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@
option(ENABLE_COVERAGE "Build code coverage report from tests" OFF)
option(ENABLE_FUZZ_TARGETS "Build target programs suitable for fuzzing with AFL" OFF)
option(ENABLE_INTERNAL_DOCS "Generate doxygen documentation also from internal headers" OFF)
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "By default, shared libs are enabled. Turn off for a static build." ON)
set(YANG_MODULE_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/yang/modules/libyang" CACHE STRING "Directory where to copy the YANG modules to")
if(ENABLE_INTERNAL_DOCS)
@@ -262,14 +263,10 @@
set(PLUGINS_DIR_EXTENSIONS "${PLUGINS_DIR}/extensions" CACHE STRING "Directory with libyang user extensions plugins")
set(PLUGINS_DIR_TYPES "${PLUGINS_DIR}/types" CACHE STRING "Directory with libyang user types plugins")
-# by default build shared library
-# static build requires static libpcre2 library
-option(ENABLE_STATIC "Build static (.a) library" OFF)
-
#
# checks
#
-if(ENABLE_STATIC)
+if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
message(STATUS "Disabling tests for static build")
set(ENABLE_TESTS OFF)
set(ENABLE_VALGRIND_TESTS OFF)
@@ -341,7 +338,7 @@
use_compat()
# create static libyang library
-if(ENABLE_STATIC)
+if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
add_definitions(-DSTATIC)
# allow binaries compilation linking both static and dynamic libraries never linking static glibc