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0015689

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2015-08-07 15:17

2016-06-10 14:31

Reporter

James Johnston

Assigned To

Kitware Robot

Priority

normal

Severity

feature

Reproducibility

always

Status

closed

Resolution

moved

Platform

Windows 7

OS Version

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CMake 3.3

Target Version

Fixed in Version

Summary

0015689: Allow target_include_directories to specify INTERFACE for IMPORTED targets

Description

When target_include_directories is used with an INTERFACE option on an IMPORTED target, the command fails with an error.

Since I specified INTERFACE and not PUBLIC or PRIVATE, I should expect the command to work without error on the IMPORTED target.

As a workaround, I have to use the more verbose set_property command.

Steps To Reproduce

add_library(MyLib SHARED IMPORTED)
set_property(TARGET MyLib PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION mylib.dll)
set_property(TARGET MyLib PROPERTY IMPORTED_IMPLIB mylib.lib)

# Following line fails with an error:
target_include_directories(MyLib INTERFACE mylib/include)
# The error is:
# Cannot specify include directories for imported target "MyLib".
# Alternative command that works:
# set_property(TARGET MyLib APPEND PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES mylib/include)

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(0039258) Brad King (manager) 2015-08-10 08:32	Currently this is as intended, but certainly we could consider making IMPORTED target INTERFACE properties settable via the target_* commands.

(0042820) Kitware Robot (administrator) 2016-06-10 14:29	Resolving issue as `moved`. This issue tracker is no longer used. Further discussion of this issue may take place in the current CMake Issues page linked in the banner at the top of this page.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2015-08-07 15:17	James Johnston	New Issue
2015-08-10 08:31	Brad King	Severity	minor => feature
2015-08-10 08:31	Brad King	Summary	target_include_directories INTERFACE does not work for IMPORTED targets => Allow target_include_directories to specify INTERFACE for IMPORTED targets
2015-08-10 08:32	Brad King	Note Added: 0039258
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Note Added: 0042820
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Status	new => resolved
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Resolution	open => moved
2016-06-10 14:29	Kitware Robot	Assigned To	=> Kitware Robot
2016-06-10 14:31	Kitware Robot	Status	resolved => closed