BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=On

cmake/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ option(MINIMAL_BUILD "The build is to make a minimal version of IFC converter fr
 option(WASM_BUILD "Build a WebAssembly binary." OFF)
 
 option(ENABLE_BUILD_OPTIMIZATIONS "Enable certain compiler and linker optimizations on RelWithDebInfo and Release builds." OFF)
-option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build IfcParse and IfcGeom as shared libs (SO/DLL)." ON)
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build IfcOpenShell as shared libraries (required)." ON)
 option(MSVC_PARALLEL_BUILD "Multi-threaded compilation in Microsoft Visual Studio (/MP)" OFF)
 option(USE_VLD "Use Visual Leak Detector for debugging memory leaks, MSVC-only." OFF)
 option(USE_MMAP "Adds a command line options to parse IFC files from memory mapped files using Boost.Iostreams" OFF)
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ if(MINIMAL_BUILD)
 endif()
 
 if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "IfcOpenShell now requires BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON.")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF is not supported. Configure with -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON.")
 endif()
 
 if((BUILD_CONVERT OR BUILD_GEOMSERVER OR BUILD_IFCPYTHON) AND(NOT BUILD_IFCGEOM))

nix/build-all.py

@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ os.makedirs(executables_dir, exist_ok=True)
 cmake_args = [
     "-DUSE_MMAP=OFF",
     "-DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF",
-    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=" + OFF_ON[not BUILD_STATIC],
+    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON",
     "-DGLTF_SUPPORT=ON",
     "-DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=On",
     "-DADD_COMMIT_SHA=" + ("On" if ADD_COMMIT_SHA else "Off"),