Hi, I'd like to use target_link_libraries() on an OBJECT-library for the following reason:
I'm creating an OBJECT-library which has quite some requirement regarding include-dirs, compile-options and -definitions. Which is why my CMakeLists.txt currently looks somehow like this: (runtime is an interface-library) add_library(runtime-main OBJECT runtime.cpp) target_include_directories(runtime-main PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:runtime,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>) target_compile_features(vsora-runtime-main PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:runtime,INTERFACE_COMPILE_FEATURES>) target_compile_options(vsora-runtime-main PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:runtime,INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS>) target_compile_definitions(vsora-runtime-main PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:runtime,INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>) I think the last 4 commands could be factored in a simple call to target_link_libraries(runtime-main INTERFACE runtime) (INTERFACE would have to be used even when the to be linked library is not an INTERFACE library) or target_link_libraries(runtime-main PRIVATE runtime) or target_link_libraries(runtime-main OBJECT runtime) I started looking into the code, except removing the check in cmTargetLinkLibraries.cpp I didn't do much. And this does not make it work. Before continuing I'd like to know whether this is a good idea to work on or if there are good arguments to never allow "linking" an object-library to get compile information from other libraries? best regards, -- Patrick. -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers