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

third_party/sqlite/sqlite.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': {
     'use_system_sqlite%': 0,
   },
   'includes': [
     '../../build/common.gypi',
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               '<!@(python ../../build/linux/pkg_config_wrapper.py --cflags sqlite)',
             ],
           },
           'link_settings': {
             'libraries': [
               '<!@(python ../../build/linux/pkg_config_wrapper.py --libs sqlite)',
             ],
           },
         }, { # else: OS != "linux" or ! use_system_sqlite
           'product_name': 'sqlite3',
-          'type': 'static_library',
+          'type': '<(library)',
           'msvs_guid': '6EAD4A4B-2BBC-4974-8E45-BB5C16CC2AC9',
           'sources': [
             # This list contains all .h, .c, and .cc files in the directories
             # ext, preprocessed, and src, with the exception of src/shell* and
             # src/test*.  Exclusions are applied below in the sources/ and
             # sources! sections.
             'ext/fts1/ft_hash.c',
             'ext/fts1/ft_hash.h',
             'ext/fts1/fts1.c',
             'ext/fts1/fts1.h',
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             'link_languages': ['c++'],
             'libraries': [
               '-ldl',
             ],
           },
         },
       ],
     },]
   ],
 }