[cmake-developers] [CMake 0014778]: Allow IMPORTED target in target_include_directories

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=14778 
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Reported By:                A. Klitzing
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   14778
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2014-02-28 02:40 EST
Last Modified:              2014-02-28 02:40 EST
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Summary:                    Allow IMPORTED target in target_include_directories
Description: 
I'm using cmake 2.8.12 and qt 5.2.1 and I have some artifacts that should be
build as an OBJECT LIBRARY. But cmake and the new IMPORTED TARGETs way does not
allow me to do it.

There should be a way to add all needed compile stuff to OBJECT LIBRARIES like
the new IMPORTED TARGET feature. Intuitional I would use an IMPORTED target in
target_include_directories.

Steps to Reproduce: 
FILE(GLOB_RECURSE FILES "*.cpp")
ADD_LIBRARY(Example OBJECT ${FILES})
TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(Example Qt5::Core)

Error: Object library target "Example" may not link to anything.



Of course I don't need to link libraries to that OBJECT LIBRARY. But I need
INCLUDES, DEFINITIONS and so on for the compilation because the artifacts uses
qt.


Additional Information: 
https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-37105
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2014-02-28 02:40 A. Klitzing    New Issue                                    
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