How can I build pmemkv statically?

[bryanwux]

QUESTION:

How can I build pmemkv statically?

Details

I am wondering why pmemkv only supports building as a shared library. Why not remove SHARED flag here

pmemkv/CMakeLists.txt

Line 298 in 9f7de0c

add_library(pmemkv SHARED ${SOURCE_FILES})

and

pmemkv/CMakeLists.txt

Line 409 in 9f7de0c

add_library(pmemkv_json_config SHARED ${SOURCE_FILES_JSON_CONFIG})

If users want to build it as a shared lib, they can manually set BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=on when cmake.

[lukaszstolarczuk]

Hi,
I believe we can make some changes to allow static build, but the default value we'd like to provide is SHARED.

May I know what your use case is? It'd be nice to understand how you'd like to use our lib statically and what solution would you accept (if not BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=on).
Also, what version of pmemkv you're using - would it be all right to add this new CMake option to the master branch?

[bryanwux]

Hi @lukaszstolarczuk , thank you for your reply. I am using the version 1.5.0 of pmemkv. The use case is I am considering using pmemkv in envoy http cache. I know this is uncommon but enovy only supports statically builds. What about leave the default build option to SHARED then add a new option for static build?