[llvm-dev] Why do we static link all llvm libraries in every executable?

[serge guelton via llvm-dev]

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 07:16:20PM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-dev wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 10:13:35AM -0800, Yin Ma via llvm-dev wrote:
> > If we separate several shared libraries something like
> > libclang.so, libllvm.so and let all executables and llvmgold.so just
> > linked with .so. A lot of space could be saved and
> > loading performance could be improved. 
> 
> There is a build option to do exactly that. It comes at a significant
> price for startup, e.g. clang will take 10x as long for building a small
> example.

Namely BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON

I find it very useful for dev builds!