cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8) project(SystemIncludeDirectories) add_library(systemlib systemlib.cpp) target_include_directories(systemlib PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/systemlib") add_library(upstream upstream.cpp) target_link_libraries(upstream LINK_PUBLIC systemlib) target_compile_options(upstream PRIVATE -Werror=unused-variable) target_include_directories(upstream SYSTEM PUBLIC $ ) add_library(config_specific INTERFACE) set(testConfig ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}) target_include_directories(config_specific SYSTEM INTERFACE "$<$:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config_specific>" ) add_library(consumer consumer.cpp) target_link_libraries(consumer upstream config_specific) target_compile_options(consumer PRIVATE -Werror=unused-variable) add_library(iface IMPORTED INTERFACE) set_property(TARGET iface PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/systemlib_header_only") add_library(imported_consumer imported_consumer.cpp) target_link_libraries(imported_consumer iface) target_compile_options(imported_consumer PRIVATE -Werror=unused-variable) add_library(imported_consumer2 imported_consumer.cpp) target_link_libraries(imported_consumer2 imported_consumer) target_compile_options(imported_consumer2 PRIVATE -Werror=unused-variable) # add a target which has a relative system include add_library(somelib imported_consumer.cpp) target_include_directories(somelib SYSTEM PUBLIC "systemlib_header_only") target_compile_options(somelib PRIVATE -Werror=unused-variable) # add a target which consumes a relative system include add_library(otherlib upstream.cpp) target_link_libraries(otherlib PUBLIC somelib) target_compile_options(somelib PRIVATE -Werror=unused-variable) macro(do_try_compile error_option) set(TC_ARGS IFACE_TRY_COMPILE_${error_option} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/try_compile_iface" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/imported_consumer.cpp" LINK_LIBRARIES iface ) if (${error_option} STREQUAL WITH_ERROR) list(APPEND TC_ARGS COMPILE_DEFINITIONS -Werror=unused-variable) endif() try_compile(${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()