Please respect the standard variables BUILD_STATIC_LIBS and BUILD_SHARED_LIBS

[yurivict]

Some systems, like FreeBSD, don't install static libs. Some other people might only want static libs.

[janisozaur]

There's only BUILD_SHARED_LIBS, no such thing as BUILD_STATIC_LIBS

[yurivict]

BUILD_STATIC_LIBS is maybe not documented, but its search returns a lot of hits, and it makes sense to use it.

[janisozaur]

It is not documented because it is not recognised as a valid option and "a lot of hits" doesn't sound like a valid argument, I can produce that for nearly any statement. That's in contrast to BUILD_SHARED_LIBS which is well known, documented and relied upon and should be supported.

[yurivict]

How do I disable static libs then?

[janisozaur]

By referring to docs and setting BUILD_SHARED_LIBS to the appropriate value.

[yurivict]

Setting BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON still builds static libs in OctoMap.
Do you really think that I asked here without trying?
You have separate explicit targets for shared and static libs, and don't even respect BUILD_SHARED_LIBS as it is documented.

[janisozaur]

That's because BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is not respected properly yet, I'm sorry if my previous comment was misleading about that.

[ahornung]

Any chance for a PR?