So in this case sublibTop and sublib would be installed using install( TARGETS sublibTop sublib … EXPORT subTargets … but implib would have to be install(FILES implib …Īs I understand your suggestion, it is applicable when xxxFindimplib.cmake exists, and in my CMakeLists.txt I would have find_package(implib_pkg 0.0.1 REQUIRED) (or find_library(implib …) ) and xxxFindimplib.cmake definitions of target names will be used (implib_LIBRARIES as well as implib_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES, …) in my taget_link_libraries(sublibTop sublib $… and installed with install(TARGETS sublibTop sublib. target_include_directory( implib INTERFACE …include)Īnd then linked target_link_libraries(sublibTop sublib implib …) as implib is needed for the sublibTop consumers for building their executables. Let’s consider case alternative to find_package when xxxFindPackage.cmake does not exist and external dependency is added via add_library(implib, IMPORTED …) set_target_properties(implib PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION …). ĭid you mean that imported library should not be exported and if I am exporting my sublibTop library for consumers, consumers have to use find_package for mine and separately for imported libraries? On clue is that the 1st error does not occur on machine using cmake 3.17 but with 3.11 being used on another machine (Jenkins) but I am not sure it is not caused by the order or build and I prefere not to include sublib into install(TARGETS list since cmake knows it is required for sublibTop. I am looking for a way to use cmake figure out all installation targets and export elements based on target properties and target dependencies and commands for install/export of single top level target. However if sublib is not included in the list of install(TARGETS, the error isĬMake Error: install(EXPORT “sublibTop” …) includes target “sublibTop” which requires target “sublib” that is not in the export set.

Install TARGETS given target ' sublib' which does not exist in this directory. install(TARGETS sublibTop sublib … ), then cmake fail during build due to the sublib target is not found at sublibTop level directory (target is built ok but in sub-dir) with error:

If subdir target sublib is included into a list of targets (e.g. |- top-level CMakeLists.txt (project(top.) I found similar issue to one that has been posted as “Cannot build sub-directory library if top-level CMakeLists.txt call install(EXPORT …)” but was not answered at and not really answered at Ĭonsider directory structure as the following applib (top level SDK library )

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