[Openmp-commits] [openmp] r259817 - Add LIBOMP_ENABLE_SHARED option for CMake

[Ismail Donmez via Openmp-commits]

Hi,

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 9:29 PM, Jonathan Peyton via Openmp-commits
<openmp-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> Author: jlpeyton
> Date: Thu Feb  4 13:29:35 2016
> New Revision: 259817
>
> URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=259817&view=rev
> Log:
> Add LIBOMP_ENABLE_SHARED option for CMake
>
> When building executables for Cray supercomputers, statically-linked executables
> are preferred. This patch makes it possible to build the OpenMP runtime as an
> archive for building statically-linked executables.  The patch adds the flag
> LIBOMP_ENABLE_SHARED, which defaults to true. When true, a build of the OpenMP
> runtime yields dynamic libraries. When false, a build of the OpenMP runtime
> yields static libraries. There is no setting that allows both kinds of libraries
> to be built.

Just a feature request not a complaint but gcc ships both static and
dynamic gomp libraries which are useful when you use -static and other
times you want shared linking. It would be really nice if there was an
option for both kind of libraries to be built.

Thanks,
ismail