Extend the 'install' keyword for executable definitions to accept four modes—'yes', 'no', 'both', and 'static'—to elegantly manage the creation and installation of both shared and statically-linked (.standalone) binaries. - 'yes' / 'no': Standard behavior (mapped to true/false). - 'both': Installs both the shared and static variants. - 'static': Installs the static variant under the original name, while suffixing the uninstalled shared variant with '.shared'. With this change, any arbitrary executable can now have its `.standalone` variant built on demand simply by invoking `ninja <target>.standalone`. For example, `varlinkctl` did not previously support a standalone variant, but it can now be built explicitly via `ninja varlinkctl.standalone`. These `.standalone` binaries are not built by default unless explicitly specified as a ninja target or enabled via `-Dstandalone-binaries=true`. Thus, the default build time should remain unaffected. This centralisation eliminates a massive amount of boilerplate and duplicated target declarations across almost all subdirectories (e.g., systemd-repart, systemd-tmpfiles, systemd-shutdown, and systemd-report tools).
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