Basic underpinnings of the gyp equivalent of the Linux SHARED=1 build:...

build/temp_gyp/breakpad.gyp

 # Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 {
   'includes': [
     '../common.gypi',
   ],
   'conditions': [
     [ 'OS=="win"', {
       'targets': [
         {
           'target_name': 'breakpad_handler',
-          'type': 'static_library',
+          'type': '<(library)',
           'msvs_guid': 'B55CA863-B374-4BAF-95AC-539E4FA4C90C',
           'sources': [
             '../../breakpad/src/client/windows/crash_generation/client_info.cc',
             '../../breakpad/src/client/windows/crash_generation/client_info.h',
             '../../breakpad/src/client/windows/crash_generation/crash_generation_client.cc',
             '../../breakpad/src/client/windows/crash_generation/crash_generation_client.h',
             '../../breakpad/src/client/windows/crash_generation/crash_generation_server.cc',
             '../../breakpad/src/client/windows/crash_generation/crash_generation_server.h',
             '../../breakpad/src/client/windows/handler/exception_handler.cc',
             '../../breakpad/src/client/windows/handler/exception_handler.h',
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             ],
           },
           'direct_dependent_settings': {
             'include_dirs': [
               '../../breakpad/src',
             ],
           },
         },
         {
           'target_name': 'breakpad_sender',
-          'type': 'static_library',
+          'type': '<(library)',
           'msvs_guid': '9946A048-043B-4F8F-9E07-9297B204714C',
           'sources': [
             '../../breakpad/src/client/windows/sender/crash_report_sender.cc',
             '../../breakpad/src/common/windows/http_upload.cc',
             '../../breakpad/src/client/windows/sender/crash_report_sender.h',
             '../../breakpad/src/common/windows/http_upload.h',
           ],
           'include_dirs': [
             '../../breakpad/src',
           ],
           'link_settings': {
             'libraries': [
               '-lurlmon.lib',
             ],
           },
           'direct_dependent_settings': {
             'include_dirs': [
               '../../breakpad/src',
             ],
           },
         },
       ],
     }],
   ],
 }