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

chrome/chrome.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.
 
 {
   'variables': {
     'chromium_code': 1,
   },
   'includes': [
     '../build/common.gypi',
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         'renderer/renderer_resources.grd',
       ],
       'direct_dependent_settings': {
         'include_dirs': [
           '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/chrome',
         ],
       },
     },
     {
       'target_name': 'common',
-      'type': 'static_library',
+      'type': '<(library)',
       'dependencies': [
         'resources',
         '../base/base.gyp:base',
         '../base/base.gyp:base_gfx',
         '../build/temp_gyp/googleurl.gyp:googleurl',
         '../net/net.gyp:net',
         '../skia/skia.gyp:skia',
         '../third_party/icu38/icu38.gyp:icui18n',
         '../third_party/icu38/icu38.gyp:icuuc',
         '../third_party/libxml/libxml.gyp:libxml',
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             'common/classfactory.cc',
             'common/drag_drop_types.cc',
             'common/os_exchange_data.cc',
             'common/process_watcher.cc',
           ],
         }],
       ],
     },
     {
       'target_name': 'browser',
-      'type': 'static_library',
+      'type': '<(library)',
       'dependencies': [
         'common',
         'resources',
         '../media/media.gyp:media',
         '../net/net.gyp:net_resources',
         '../skia/skia.gyp:skia',
         '../third_party/icu38/icu38.gyp:icui18n',
         '../third_party/icu38/icu38.gyp:icuuc',
         '../third_party/libxml/libxml.gyp:libxml',
         '../third_party/npapi/npapi.gyp:npapi',
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             'browser/tab_contents/web_drop_target.cc',
             'browser/task_manager.cc',
             'browser/task_manager_resource_providers.cc',
             'browser/window_sizer.cc',
           ],
         }],
       ],
     },
     {
       'target_name': 'renderer',
-      'type': 'static_library',
+      'type': '<(library)',
       'dependencies': [
         'common',
         'resources',
         '../printing/printing.gyp:printing',
         '../skia/skia.gyp:skia',
         '../third_party/icu38/icu38.gyp:icui18n',
         '../third_party/icu38/icu38.gyp:icuuc',
         '../third_party/npapi/npapi.gyp:npapi',
         '../webkit/webkit.gyp:glue',
         '../webkit/webkit.gyp:webkit',
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         '../base/base.gyp:base_gfx',
       ],
       'sources': [
         'tools/test/image_diff/image_diff.cc',
       ],
     },
     {
       # This target contains mocks and test utilities that don't belong in
       # production libraries but are used by more than one test executable.
       'target_name': 'test_support_common',
-      'type': 'static_library',
+      'type': '<(library)',
       'dependencies': [
         'browser',
         'common',
         'renderer',
         'resources',
         '../skia/skia.gyp:skia',
         '../testing/gtest.gyp:gtest',
       ],
       'include_dirs': [
         '..',
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         }, { # else: OS != "win"
           'sources!': [
             'test/automation/window_proxy.cc',
             'test/automation/window_proxy.h',
           ],
         }],
       ],
     },
     {
       'target_name': 'test_support_ui',
-      'type': 'static_library',
+      'type': '<(library)',
       'dependencies': [
         'test_support_common',
         'resources',
         '../skia/skia.gyp:skia',
         '../testing/gtest.gyp:gtest',
       ],
       'include_dirs': [
         '..',
       ],
       'sources': [
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         }],
         ['OS!="win"', {
           'sources!': [
             'test/ui/npapi_test_helper.cc',
           ],
         }],
       ],
     },
     {
       'target_name': 'test_support_unit',
-      'type': 'static_library',
+      'type': '<(library)',
       'dependencies': [
         'test_support_common',
         'resources',
         '../skia/skia.gyp:skia',
         '../testing/gtest.gyp:gtest',
       ],
       'include_dirs': [
         '..',
       ],
       'sources': [
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               ],
             }],
           ],
         },
       ],
     }],  # OS!="mac"
     ['OS=="win" or OS=="linux"',
       { 'targets': [
         {
           'target_name': 'views',
-          'type': 'static_library',
+          'type': '<(library)',
           'dependencies': [
             'common',
             'resources',
             '../media/media.gyp:media',
             '../skia/skia.gyp:skia',
             '../third_party/icu38/icu38.gyp:icui18n',
             '../third_party/icu38/icu38.gyp:icuuc',
             '../third_party/libxml/libxml.gyp:libxml',
             '../third_party/npapi/npapi.gyp:npapi',
             'third_party/hunspell/hunspell.gyp:hunspell',
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               ],
             }],
           ],
         },
       ],
     }], # OS=="win" or OS=="linux"
     ['OS=="win"',
       { 'targets': [
         {
           'target_name': 'plugin',
-          'type': 'static_library',
+          'type': '<(library)',
           'dependencies': [
             'common',
             'resources',
             '../media/media.gyp:media',
             '../skia/skia.gyp:skia',
             '../third_party/icu38/icu38.gyp:icui18n',
             '../third_party/icu38/icu38.gyp:icuuc',
             '../third_party/libxml/libxml.gyp:libxml',
             '../third_party/npapi/npapi.gyp:npapi',
             'third_party/hunspell/hunspell.gyp:hunspell',
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                 '_SCL_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE',
               ],
               'include_dirs': [
                 'third_party/wtl/include',
               ],
             },],
           ],
         },
         {
           'target_name': 'worker',
-          'type': 'static_library',
+          'type': '<(library)',
           'dependencies': [
             '../base/base.gyp:base',
             '../webkit/webkit.gyp:webkit',
           ],
           'sources': [
             'tools/build/win/precompiled.cc',
             'tools/build/win/precompiled.h',
 
             'worker/webworkerclient_proxy.cc',
             'worker/webworkerclient_proxy.h',
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                           '../tools/code_coverage/coverage_posix.py',
                           '--directory',
                           '<(PRODUCT_DIR)' ],
             },
           ],  # 'actions'
         },
       ]
     }],
   ],  # 'conditions'
 }