AIX_SHARED_LIBRARY_ARCHIVE

AIX_SHARED_LIBRARY_ARCHIVE

.. versionadded:: 3.31

On AIX, enable or disable creation of a shared library archive for a SHARED library target:

• If enabled, the shared object .so file is placed inside an archive .a file. This is the preferred convention on AIX.

  The shared object name in the archive encodes version information from the :prop_tgt:SOVERSION target property, if set, and otherwise from the :prop_tgt:VERSION target property, if set.

• If disabled, a plain shared object .so file is produced. This is consistent with other UNIX platforms.

This property defaults to :variable:CMAKE_AIX_SHARED_LIBRARY_ARCHIVE if that variable is set when a non-imported SHARED library target is created by :command:add_library. Imported targets must explicitly enable :prop_tgt:!AIX_SHARED_LIBRARY_ARCHIVE if they import an AIX shared library archive.

.. versionchanged:: 4.0

For a non-imported target, if this property is not set, the default is enabled. See policy :policy:CMP0182.

In CMake 3.31, policy :policy:CMP0182 did not exist, so the default was disabled.

In CMake 3.30 and lower, :prop_tgt:!AIX_SHARED_LIBRARY_ARCHIVE did not exist, so the default was disabled.