Allow user to choose between static or shared library

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ else()
     set(SPDLOG_MASTER_PROJECT OFF)
 endif()
 
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Global flag to cause add_library to create shared libraries if on." ON)
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build examples" ${SPDLOG_MASTER_PROJECT})
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_BENCH "Build benchmarks (Requires https://github.com/google/benchmark.git to be installed)" OFF)
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS "Build tests" ON)
@@ -55,15 +56,13 @@ set(HEADER_BASE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/spdlog")
 
 message(STATUS "Build type: " ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
 
-# Build static lib
-set(SRC_BASE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src")
-set(STATIC_SRC_FILES "${SRC_BASE}/spdlog.cpp")
-add_library(spdlog_static STATIC ${STATIC_SRC_FILES})
-add_library(spdlog::static ALIAS spdlog_static)
-target_compile_definitions(spdlog_static PUBLIC SPDLOG_STATIC_LIB )
-target_include_directories(spdlog_static PUBLIC  "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include>")
-set_target_properties(spdlog_static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "spdlog")
-set_target_properties(spdlog_static PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX "-debug")
+# Build library
+add_library(spdlog src/spdlog.cpp)
+add_library(spdlog::spdlog ALIAS spdlog)
+target_compile_definitions(spdlog PUBLIC SPDLOG_COMPILED_LIB )
+target_include_directories(spdlog PUBLIC  "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include>")
+set_target_properties(spdlog PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "spdlog")
+set_target_properties(spdlog PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX "-debug")
 
 # Headr only
 add_library(spdlog_header_only INTERFACE)
@@ -75,8 +74,8 @@ if(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL AND NOT TARGET fmt::fmt)
 endif()
 
 if(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL)
-    target_compile_definitions(spdlog_static INTERFACE SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL)
-    target_link_libraries(spdlog_static INTERFACE fmt::fmt)
+    target_compile_definitions(spdlog INTERFACE SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL)
+    target_link_libraries(spdlog INTERFACE fmt::fmt)
     target_compile_definitions(spdlog_header_only INTERFACE SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL)
     target_link_libraries(spdlog_header_only INTERFACE fmt::fmt)
 endif()
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ endif()
 # install
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 install(DIRECTORY ${HEADER_BASE} DESTINATION include)
-install(TARGETS spdlog_static ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
+install(TARGETS spdlog DESTINATION lib)
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # register project in CMake user registry

bench/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@ find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 find_package(benchmark CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 add_executable(bench bench.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(bench PRIVATE spdlog::static Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(bench PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog Threads::Threads)
 
 add_executable(async_bench async_bench.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(async_bench PRIVATE spdlog::static Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(async_bench PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog Threads::Threads)
 
 add_executable(latency latency.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(latency PRIVATE benchmark::benchmark spdlog::static Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(latency PRIVATE benchmark::benchmark spdlog::spdlog Threads::Threads)
 
 
 add_executable(formatter-bench formatter-bench.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(formatter-bench PRIVATE benchmark::benchmark spdlog::static Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(formatter-bench PRIVATE benchmark::benchmark spdlog::spdlog Threads::Threads)
 
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/logs")

example/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 project(SpdlogExamples CXX)
 
-if(NOT TARGET spdlog)
+if(NOT TARGET spdlog::spdlog)
   # Stand-alone build
   find_package(spdlog CONFIG REQUIRED)
 endif()
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 add_executable(example example.cpp)
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Android")
     find_library(log-lib log)
-    target_link_libraries(example spdlog::static Threads::Threads log)
+    target_link_libraries(example spdlog::spdlog Threads::Threads log)
 else()
-    target_link_libraries(example spdlog::static Threads::Threads)
+    target_link_libraries(example spdlog::spdlog Threads::Threads)
 endif()
 
 
 add_executable(multisink multisink.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(multisink spdlog::static Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(multisink spdlog::spdlog Threads::Threads)
 
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/logs")
 

include/spdlog/common.h

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <locale>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef SPDLOG_STATIC_LIB
+#ifdef SPDLOG_COMPILED_LIB
 #undef SPDLOG_HEADER_ONLY
 #define SPDLOG_INLINE
 #else
@@ -216,4 +216,4 @@ std::unique_ptr<T> make_unique(Args &&... args)
 
 #ifdef SPDLOG_HEADER_ONLY
 #include "common-inl.h"
-#endif
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file

include/spdlog/sinks/base_sink.h

@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ protected:
 } // namespace sinks
 } // namespace spdlog
 
-#ifndef SPDLOG_STATIC_LIB
+#ifndef SPDLOG_COMPILED_LIB
 #include "base_sink-inl.h"
-#endif
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file

src/spdlog.cpp

 // Copyright(c) 2015-present Gabi Melman & spdlog contributors.
 // Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 
-#ifndef SPDLOG_STATIC_LIB
-#error Please define SPDLOG_STATIC_LIB to compile this file.
+#ifndef SPDLOG_COMPILED_LIB
+#error Please define SPDLOG_COMPILED_LIB to compile this file.
 #endif
 
 #include <mutex>
@@ -100,4 +100,4 @@ template FMT_API int internal::char_traits<wchar_t>::format_float(wchar_t *, std
 template FMT_API std::wstring internal::vformat<wchar_t>(wstring_view, basic_format_args<wformat_context>);
 FMT_END_NAMESPACE
 
-#endif
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file

tests/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ set(SPDLOG_UTESTS_SOURCES
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SPDLOG_UTESTS_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE spdlog::static)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog)
 
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/logs")