enable_language(CXX) add_library(empty1 empty.cpp) add_library(empty2 empty.cpp) # The INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES do not depend on the link interface. # On its own, this is fine. It is only when used by empty3 that an error # is appropriately issued. target_link_libraries(empty1 INTERFACE $<$,/foo/bar>:empty2> ) add_library(empty3 empty.cpp) target_link_libraries(empty3 empty1) # Suppress generator-specific targets that might pollute the stderr. set(CMAKE_SUPPRESS_REGENERATION TRUE)