[Geotiff] cmake based build: why shared _and_ static?

[Mario Emmenlauer]

Sorry, please forget about my previous email! I confused an older
thread. Thanks for applying the patch, and all the best!

    Mario



On 31.08.2018 16:51, Mario Emmenlauer wrote:
> 
> Is this an acceptable patch?
> 
> On 09.12.2017 14:51, Mario Emmenlauer wrote:
>> Dear geotiff developers,
>>
>> thanks for the very nice software. A small question: why is the default
>> for cmake to build the shared and static version of the library? I would
>> prefer if only one would be built. I can use cmake's BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
>> option to pick. This is mostly the default for other software.
>>
>> For me, this would also help to address the problem that MSVC Windows
>> names the import library identical to the static library by default.
>> libgeotiff solves this by changing the import library name, but this
>> opens a can of worms for me downstream.
>>
>> Its not a huge problem because I can fix the issue myself and maintain
>> a small patch. But maybe it would be more "standard" if libgeotiff
>> just used cmake's BUILD_SHARED_LIBS?
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>>     Mario Emmenlauer


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