Build googles v8 as shared library on windows?

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Is it possible to build googles v8 as a shared library with gyp on windows (msvc 2012)? Everything I tried doesn't work. What I've tried:

python build\gyp_v8 -Dcomponent=shared_library
python build\gyp_v8 library=shared

The second one gives an error that "library" is unknown. The first one does not have any effect.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5953413/how-to-actually-build-v8-on-windows — , Feb 16 '13 at 23:46
AS far as I can see with gyp it is better to use Cygwin but no matter. I see the way to do the option for the shared library is to tweak the GYP_DEFINES variable and not supply it as a command line parameter. From here http://code.google.com/p/v8/wiki/BuildingWithGYP Seems to indicate a section called custom build settings and that indicates that it goes via the envvar and not the command line parameter as you indicate. — , Feb 17 '13 at 01:21
Thanks. I've tried: _python build\gyp_v8 -GYP_DEFINES=shared_ and _python build\gyp_v8 -GYP_DEFINES=shared_library_ but it does not work either. — The Wavelength, Feb 17 '13 at 15:03
No,I mean set the environment variable GYP_DEFINES. Not the command line parameter. — , Feb 17 '13 at 23:51

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '13 at 03:05

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This works in a project I'm using:

python build\gyp_v8 -Dtarget_arch=ia32 -Dcomponent=shared_library
msbuild /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=Win32 tools\gyp\v8.sln

answered Mar 07 '13 at 03:05

BitCortex

This outputs the same, a lib file. – The Wavelength Mar 09 '13 at 19:38
I see v8.lib in build\Release\lib but also v8.dll in build\Release. The lib file is the import library for linking against the DLL. Is that not what you see? – BitCortex Mar 09 '13 at 23:17
Wow - it finally works! Thanks! I used the wrong .sln file... the one that is located in build/ – The Wavelength Mar 10 '13 at 00:18

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