[cmake-developers] Allow ALIAS of IMPORTED targets

CHEVRIER, Marc marc.chevrier at sap.com
Mon Sep 14 03:02:15 EDT 2015


Hi Michael,

If this feature can be supported for libraries and executables, it will be perfect for me.
Thank you.

Marc



On 12/09/15 23:48, "cmake-developers on behalf of Michael Scott" <cmake-developers-bounces at cmake.org on behalf of michael.scott250 at gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm planning on having a look at the CMake issue "Allow ALIAS of 
>IMPORTED targets", 0015569. After reading the thread between yourself 
>and Marc, I wanted to ask a couple of things before I start going 
>further with it.
>
>The proposed change would be for the add_library and add_executable 
>commands only right?
>
>Having a quick look at the code for those two commands, they 
>specifically check for a combination of ALIAS and IMPORTED and don't 
>allow it. I'm guessing that the required changes to allow both 
>simultaneously wouldn't be to just remove this check, there would be 
>other areas to modify as well right?
>
>Cheers,
>Michael
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