Make chrome/browser and .../ui static libraries.

chrome/browser/ui/BUILD.gn

 # Copyright 2014 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.
 
 import("//build/config/crypto.gni")
 import("//build/config/features.gni")
 import("//build/config/ui.gni")
 import("//chrome/common/features.gni")
 
 gypi_values = exec_script("//build/gypi_to_gn.py",
                           [ rebase_path("../../chrome_browser_ui.gypi") ],
                           "scope",
                           [ "../../chrome_browser_ui.gypi" ])
 
 config("ui_warnings") {
   if (is_clang) {
     # TODO(thakis): Remove this once http://crbug.com/383820 is figured out
     cflags = [ "-Wno-nonnull" ]
   }
 }
 
-source_set("ui") {
+# Use a static library here because many test binaries depend on this but don't
+# require many files from it. This makes linking more efficient.
+if (is_mac) {
+  # TODO(brettw) bug 618797: On Mac making this target a static_library causes
+  # a crash on startup and the browser_tests all fail. My guess is this is due
+  # to a required static initializer not being brought in.
+  chrome_browser_target_type = "source_set"
+} else {
+  chrome_browser_target_type = "static_library"
+}
+target(chrome_browser_target_type, "ui") {
   sources = []
   defines = []
   libs = []
 
   configs += [
     ":ui_warnings",
     "//build/config:precompiled_headers",
     "//build/config/compiler:wexit_time_destructors",
     "//third_party/WebKit/public:debug_devtools",
   ]
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     "//chrome/browser",
     "//content/public/browser",
     "//content/public/common",
     "//content/test:test_support",
     "//net:test_support",
     "//skia",
     "//testing/gtest",
     "//ui/base",
   ]
 }