From fdbade6f8ded63519b637c8fa6f39914a400ab5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cory Fields <cory-nospam-@coryfields.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 18:22:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] kernel: create monolithic kernel static library

---
 libbitcoinkernel.pc.in    |  1 -
 src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt | 39 +++++++--------------------------------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libbitcoinkernel.pc.in b/libbitcoinkernel.pc.in
index 6b622c926be..df73448a3a3 100644
--- a/libbitcoinkernel.pc.in
+++ b/libbitcoinkernel.pc.in
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ Name: @CLIENT_NAME@ kernel library
 Description: Experimental library for the @CLIENT_NAME@ validation engine.
 Version: @CLIENT_VERSION_STRING@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lbitcoinkernel
-Libs.private: -L${libdir} @LIBS_PRIVATE@
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
index 52e91671dd0..c45ce7819e9 100644
--- a/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,20 +79,23 @@ add_library(bitcoinkernel
   ../validation.cpp
   ../validationinterface.cpp
   ../versionbits.cpp
+  $<TARGET_OBJECTS:bitcoin_clientversion>
+  $<TARGET_OBJECTS:bitcoin_crypto>
+  $<TARGET_OBJECTS:leveldb>
+  $<TARGET_OBJECTS:crc32c>
 )
 target_link_libraries(bitcoinkernel
   PRIVATE
     core_interface
-    bitcoin_clientversion
-    bitcoin_crypto
-    leveldb
-    secp256k1
+    secp256k1_objs
     $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:bcrypt>
     $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:USDT::headers>
   PUBLIC
     Boost::headers
 )
 
+target_include_directories(bitcoinkernel PRIVATE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/leveldb/include>)
+
 # libbitcoinkernel requires default symbol visibility, explicitly
 # specify that here so that things still work even when user
 # configures with -DREDUCE_EXPORTS=ON
@@ -107,34 +110,6 @@ set_target_properties(bitcoinkernel PROPERTIES
 add_custom_target(libbitcoinkernel)
 add_dependencies(libbitcoinkernel bitcoinkernel)
 
-# When building the static library, install all static libraries the
-# bitcoinkernel depends on.
-if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  # Recursively get all the static libraries a target depends on and put them in libs_out
-  function(get_target_static_link_libs target libs_out)
-    get_target_property(linked_libraries ${target} LINK_LIBRARIES)
-    foreach(dep ${linked_libraries})
-      if(TARGET ${dep})
-        add_dependencies(libbitcoinkernel ${dep})
-        get_target_property(dep_type ${dep} TYPE)
-        if(dep_type STREQUAL "STATIC_LIBRARY")
-          list(APPEND ${libs_out} ${dep})
-          get_target_static_link_libs(${dep} ${libs_out})
-        endif()
-      endif()
-    endforeach()
-    set(${libs_out} ${${libs_out}} PARENT_SCOPE)
-  endfunction()
-
-  set(all_kernel_static_link_libs "")
-  get_target_static_link_libs(bitcoinkernel all_kernel_static_link_libs)
-
-  install(TARGETS ${all_kernel_static_link_libs} ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT libbitcoinkernel)
-  list(TRANSFORM all_kernel_static_link_libs PREPEND "-l")
-  # LIBS_PRIVATE is substituted in the pkg-config file.
-  list(JOIN all_kernel_static_link_libs " " LIBS_PRIVATE)
-endif()
-
 configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/libbitcoinkernel.pc.in ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/libbitcoinkernel.pc @ONLY)
 install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/libbitcoinkernel.pc DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig" COMPONENT libbitcoinkernel)