[libcxx-commits] [clang] [compiler-rt] [libcxx] [llvm] [libc++] Replace LIBCXX_ENABLE_STATIC_ABI_LIBRARY & friends by a new LIBCXX_CXX_ABI choice (PR #112978)

[Petr Hosek via libcxx-commits]

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@@ -230,11 +230,22 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 set(LIBCXX_SUPPORTED_ABI_LIBRARIES none libcxxabi system-libcxxabi libcxxrt libstdc++ libsupc++ vcruntime)
-set(LIBCXX_CXX_ABI "${LIBCXX_DEFAULT_ABI_LIBRARY}" CACHE STRING "Specify C++ ABI library to use. Supported values are ${LIBCXX_SUPPORTED_ABI_LIBRARIES}.")
-if (NOT "${LIBCXX_CXX_ABI}" IN_LIST LIBCXX_SUPPORTED_ABI_LIBRARIES)
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Unsupported C++ ABI library: '${LIBCXX_CXX_ABI}'. Supported values are ${LIBCXX_SUPPORTED_ABI_LIBRARIES}.")
-endif()
-
+set(LIBCXX_CXX_ABI "${LIBCXX_DEFAULT_ABI_LIBRARY}" CACHE STRING
+  "Specify the C++ ABI library to use for the shared and the static libc++ libraries. Supported values are ${LIBCXX_SUPPORTED_ABI_LIBRARIES}.
+   This CMake option also supports \"consumption specifiers\", which specify how the selected ABI library should be consumed by
+   libc++. The supported specifiers are:
+   - `shared`: The selected ABI library should be used as a shared library.
+   - `static`: The selected ABI library should be used as a static library.
+   - `merged`: The selected ABI library should be a static library whose object files will be merged directly into the produced libc++ library.
+
+   A consumption specifier is provided by appending it to the name of the library, such as `LIBCXX_CXX_ABI=merged-libcxxabi`.
+   If no consumption specifier is provided, the libc++ shared library will default to using a shared ABI library, and the
+   libc++ static library will default to using a static ABI library.")
+set(LIBCXX_ABILIB_FOR_SHARED "${LIBCXX_CXX_ABI}" CACHE STRING "C++ ABI library to use for the shared libc++ library.")
+set(LIBCXX_ABILIB_FOR_STATIC "${LIBCXX_CXX_ABI}" CACHE STRING "C++ ABI library to use for the static libc++ library.")
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petrhosek wrote:

I'd suggest `LIBCXX_CXX_ABI_SHARED` and `LIBCXX_CXX_ABI_STATIC` mainly for consistency with `LIBCXX_CXX_ABI`.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/112978