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

build/temp_gyp/v8.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.
 
 # TODO(mark): Upstream this file to v8.
 {
   'variables': {
     'chromium_code': 1,
     'base_source_files': [
       '../../v8/src/third_party/dtoa/dtoa.c',
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             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/v8/d8-js-empty.cc',
           ],
           'action': ['python', '../../v8/tools/js2c.py', '<@(_outputs)', 'D8', '<@(library_files)'],
         },
       ],
     },
 
     # Targets to build v8 for the native architecture (ia32).
     {
       'target_name': 'v8_base',
-      'type': 'static_library',
+      'type': '<(library)',
       'include_dirs': [
         '../../v8/src',
       ],
       'msvs_guid': 'EC8B7909-62AF-470D-A75D-E1D89C837142',
       'sources': [
         '<@(base_source_files)',
       ],
       'sources!': [
         '<@(not_base_source_files)',
       ],
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           # r9255.  Refer to that revision for details.
           'msvs_disabled_warnings': [4355, 4800, 4018, 4244],
           'link_settings':  {
             'libraries': [ '-lwinmm.lib' ],
           },
         }],
       ],
     },
     {
       'target_name': 'v8_nosnapshot',
-      'type': 'static_library',
+      'type': '<(library)',
       'dependencies': [
         'js2c',
         'v8_base',
       ],
       'include_dirs': [
         '../../v8/src',
       ],
       'sources': [
         '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/v8/libraries.cc',
         '../../v8/src/snapshot-empty.cc',
       ],
       'export_dependent_settings': [
         'v8_base',
       ],
     },
     {
       'target_name': 'mksnapshot',
       'type': 'executable',
       'dependencies': [
         'v8_nosnapshot',
       ],
       'msvs_guid': '865575D0-37E2-405E-8CBA-5F6C485B5A26',
       'sources': [
         '../../v8/src/mksnapshot.cc',
       ],
     },
     {
       'target_name': 'v8',
-      'type': 'static_library',
+      'type': '<(library)',
       'dependencies': [
         'js2c',
         'mksnapshot',
         'v8_base',
       ],
       'msvs_guid': '21E22961-22BF-4493-BD3A-868F93DA5179',
       'actions': [
         {
           'action_name': 'mksnapshot',
           'inputs': [
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     },
     # TODO(sgk):  temporarily disable the arm targets on Linux while
     # we work out how to refactor the generator and/or add configuration
     # settings to the .gyp file to handle building both variants in
     # the same output directory.
     #
     # ARM targets, to test ARM code generation.  These use an ARM simulator
     # (src/simulator-arm.cc).  The ARM targets are not snapshot-enabled.
     {
       'target_name': 'v8_arm',
-      'type': 'static_library',
+      'type': '<(library)',
       'dependencies': [
         'js2c',
       ],
       'defines': [
         'ARM',
       ],
       'include_dirs': [
         '../../v8/src',
       ],
       'sources': [
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           ]},
         }],
         [ 'OS=="win"', {
           'sources!': [ '../../v8/src/d8-readline.cc', '../../v8/src/d8-posix.cc' ],
         }],
       ],
     },
   ]}], # OS != "linux" (temporary, TODO(sgk))
   ],
 }