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0015052CMakeCMakepublic2014-07-31 13:482016-06-10 14:31
ReporterDmitry 
Assigned ToKitware Robot 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
PlatformLinuxOSUbuntuOS Version14.04
Product VersionCMake 2.8.12.2 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0015052: INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES does not allow non-existent directories, but INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES does
DescriptionIt is a duplicate of http://public.kitware.com/Bug/bug_relationship_graph.php?bug_id=14495 [^] , but I think that Stephen Kelly was not right there.

When using add_library(IMPORTED) with INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES CMake checks existence of the directory in the configuration-time. However, if we declare the same path in INCLUDE_DIRECTORY of the dependent target, everything work fine. This is not consistent.
Steps To Reproduce1. Unzip cmake-include-issue.zip
2. Try to build, build will fail
3. Replace "include(inc1.txt)' on line 25 of CMakeLists.txt with "include(inc2.txt)", effectively replacing

set_target_properties(sub PROPERTIES
  INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${source_dir}/include"
)

with

target_include_directories(main PRIVATE "${source_dir}/include")

4. Now everything works as expected
Additional Information
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Relationships
related to 0014495closed Stephen Kelly Spurious error about non-existent INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES of IMPORTED target 
Attached Fileszip cmake-include-issue.zip (2,647) 2014-07-31 13:48
https://public.kitware.com/Bug/file/5208/cmake-include-issue.zip
Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2014-07-31 13:48DmitryNew Issue
2014-07-31 13:48DmitryFile Added: cmake-include-issue.zip
2014-07-31 14:06Brad KingRelationship addedrelated to 0014495
2016-01-31 10:31Xavier DécoretNote Added: 0040384
2016-01-31 18:46DmitryNote Added: 0040385
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotNote Added: 0042598
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotStatusnew => resolved
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:29Kitware RobotAssigned To => Kitware Robot
2016-06-10 14:31Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

Notes
(0040384)
Xavier Décoret   
2016-01-31 10:31   
This bug is still active. This is very annoying to create third_party libraries using ExternalProject. When declaring the IMPORTED target, you can't specify the include associated to it, because it does not exist yet.
(0040385)
Dmitry   
2016-01-31 18:46   
By the way, there is a workaround - just call file(MAKE_DIRECTORY) for the include directory, then everything goes smooth.
(0042598)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:29   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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