[ARROW-3279] [C++] Allow linking Arrow tests dynamically on Windows

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.11.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Antoine Pitrou
• Reporter: Antoine Pitrou
• Created: 20/Sep/18 14:06
• Updated: 22/Sep/18 15:44
• Resolved: 22/Sep/18 15:44

Description

On Windows, C++ modules are compiled once for each library kind (static, shared). This means we do twice the work on e.g. AppVeyor. We should be able to link the Arrow tests with the Arrow DLL instead, at least on Windows.

Things are a bit more complicated for Parquet because of PARQUET-1420.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2592