aircraft_design (schueltke):

 - update cmake for static release

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ endif()
 option(BUILD_BLACKBOXTESTS "Use blackbox testing" OFF)
 # Option for unit testing
 option(BUILD_UNITTEST "Use unit testing" OFF)
+# Option to include system libraries in the package archive
+option(PACKAGE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES "Include system libraries in the package archive" OFF)
 # Option where to look for the libraries
 option(FIND_LIBRARIES_AS_PACKAGE "If true the libraries are included with find_package(), otherwise the submodule is used." OFF)
 # Option to compile Python modules to an executable
@@ -74,6 +76,20 @@ else()
     add_subdirectory(libs)
 endif()
 
+if(PACKAGE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES)
+    if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+        get_filename_component( SYSTEM_LIBS_PATH ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} PATH )
+        message(STATUS "[${PROJECT_NAME}] -> Packaging System Libraries from: ${SYSTEM_LIBS_PATH}")
+        message(DEPRECATION "Packaging system libraries is enabled. This will be removed in the future due to the native compiler support!")
+    else() # Activate static linkage of compiler runtime libs
+        if(MSVC)
+            set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /MT")
+        else(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+            set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -static")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 # === External dependencies ===
 include(FetchContent)