experiment with static linking

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ CPMAddPackage("gh:TheLartians/[email protected]")
 # CPMAddPackage( NAME nlohmann_json GITHUB_REPOSITORY nlohmann/json VERSION 3.9.1 OPTIONS
 # "JSON_BuildTests OFF" )
 
+# Ensure static linking by setting CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES
+set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ".a")
+
+# Prefer static libraries over shared ones
+set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
+
 find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
 find_package(spdlog REQUIRED)
 find_package(cxxopts REQUIRED)
@@ -45,7 +51,7 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE sources CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/source/
 # ---- Create library ----
 # add_library(filestorm ${headers} ${sources}) Note: for header-only libraries change all PUBLIC
 # flags to INTERFACE and create an interface target: add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} INTERFACE)
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} ${headers} ${sources})
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC ${headers} ${sources})
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
 # being a cross-platform target, we enforce standards conformance on MSVC
@@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ packageProject(
   INCLUDE_DESTINATION include/${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}
   VERSION_HEADER "${VERSION_HEADER_LOCATION}"
   COMPATIBILITY SameMajorVersion
-  DEPENDENCIES "spdlog;fmt" CPACK YES
+  # DEPENDENCIES "spdlog;fmt" CPACK YES
 )
 
 file(GLOB standalone_sources CONFIGURE_DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/standalone/source/*.cpp)
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME}Executable RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BI
                                                   COMPONENT "${PROJECT_NAME}_Runtime"
 )
 
-set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "spdlog, fmt")
+# set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "spdlog, fmt")
 set(CPACK_RPM_BUILDREQUIRES
     "cmake, gcc-c++, spdlog-devel, fmt-devel, git, cxxopts-devel, json-devel"
 )