I have a library which uses Qt5. I build it with this CMakeLists.txt file:
cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
project (testLib LANGUAGES CXX)
set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED Widgets)
add_library(testLib SHARED
src/TestClass.cpp
src/TestClass.h
)
target_include_directories(testLib PUBLIC
${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src
)
target_link_libraries(testLib PUBLIC Qt5::Widgets)
export(TARGETS testLib FILE testLib-exports.cmake)
Now I try to link an executable against this library in the build path. This is what I've tried so far:
cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0)
project(TestProject)
add_executable(myexec src/main.cpp )
include(/path/to/testLib-exports.cmake)
target_link_libraries(myexec testLib)
I am getting this error:
Target "myexec" links to target "Qt5::Widgets" but the target was not found. Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED target, or an ALIAS target is missing?
I don't want to explicitly use find_package() in myexec's cmake file, but want it to be transitive. How should I link against testLib then? If the answer is not in the build path it is fine.
EDIT: I changed the export line to:
export(TARGETS testLib FILE testLib-exports.cmake EXPORT_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES)
This seems to be exactly what I need, but the generated files with and without EXPORT_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES are identical. Both if them say
This file does not depend on other imported targets which have been exported from the same project but in a separate export set.
As far as I understand, it should use testLib's target LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES property, but I noticed that it is NOTFOUND. maybe this is the problem? However, INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES has Qt5::Widgets.
