cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5) project(SystemIncludeDirectories) add_library(systemlib systemlib.cpp) target_include_directories(systemlib PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/systemlib") function (apply_error_flags target) if (MSVC) target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE /we4101) else () target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE -Werror=unused-variable) endif () endfunction () add_library(upstream upstream.cpp) target_link_libraries(upstream LINK_PUBLIC systemlib) apply_error_flags(upstream) target_include_directories(upstream SYSTEM PUBLIC $ ) add_library(config_specific INTERFACE) get_property(isMultiConfig GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG) if(isMultiConfig) # CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE does not work here for multi-config generators target_include_directories(config_specific SYSTEM INTERFACE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config_specific" ) else() set(testConfig ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}) target_include_directories(config_specific SYSTEM INTERFACE "$<$:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config_specific>" ) endif() add_library(consumer consumer.cpp) target_link_libraries(consumer upstream config_specific) apply_error_flags(consumer) add_library(iface IMPORTED INTERFACE) set_property(TARGET iface PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "$<$:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/systemlib_header_only>" ) add_library(imported_consumer imported_consumer.cpp) target_link_libraries(imported_consumer iface) apply_error_flags(imported_consumer) add_library(imported_consumer2 imported_consumer.cpp) target_link_libraries(imported_consumer2 imported_consumer) apply_error_flags(imported_consumer2) # add a target which has a relative system include add_library(somelib imported_consumer.cpp) target_include_directories(somelib SYSTEM PUBLIC "systemlib_header_only") apply_error_flags(somelib) # add a target which consumes a relative system include add_library(otherlib upstream.cpp) target_link_libraries(otherlib PUBLIC somelib) apply_error_flags(otherlib) macro(do_try_compile error_option) set(TC_ARGS IFACE_TRY_COMPILE_${error_option} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/try_compile_iface" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/imported_consumer.cpp" LINK_LIBRARIES iface ) if (${error_option} STREQUAL WITH_ERROR) if (MSVC) list(APPEND TC_ARGS COMPILE_DEFINITIONS /we4101) else () list(APPEND TC_ARGS COMPILE_DEFINITIONS -Werror=unused-variable) endif () endif() try_compile(${TC_ARGS}) endmacro() do_try_compile(NO_ERROR) if (NOT IFACE_TRY_COMPILE_NO_ERROR) message(SEND_ERROR "try_compile failed with imported target.") endif() do_try_compile(WITH_ERROR) if (NOT IFACE_TRY_COMPILE_WITH_ERROR) message(SEND_ERROR "try_compile failed with imported target with error option.") endif()